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+/*
+ * vim: noexpandtab ts=8 sts=0 sw=8:
+ *
+ * configfs_example.c - This file is a demonstration module containing
+ *      a number of configfs subsystems.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Based on sysfs:
+ * 	sysfs is Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Patrick Mochel
+ *
+ * configfs Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include <linux/configfs.h>
+
+
+
+/*
+ * 01-childless
+ *
+ * This first example is a childless subsystem.  It cannot create
+ * any config_items.  It just has attributes.
+ *
+ * Note that we are enclosing the configfs_subsystem inside a container.
+ * This is not necessary if a subsystem has no attributes directly
+ * on the subsystem.  See the next example, 02-simple-children, for
+ * such a subsystem.
+ */
+
+struct childless {
+	struct configfs_subsystem subsys;
+	int showme;
+	int storeme;
+};
+
+struct childless_attribute {
+	struct configfs_attribute attr;
+	ssize_t (*show)(struct childless *, char *);
+	ssize_t (*store)(struct childless *, const char *, size_t);
+};
+
+static inline struct childless *to_childless(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	return item ? container_of(to_configfs_subsystem(to_config_group(item)), struct childless, subsys) : NULL;
+}
+
+static ssize_t childless_showme_read(struct childless *childless,
+				     char *page)
+{
+	ssize_t pos;
+
+	pos = sprintf(page, "%d\n", childless->showme);
+	childless->showme++;
+
+	return pos;
+}
+
+static ssize_t childless_storeme_read(struct childless *childless,
+				      char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page, "%d\n", childless->storeme);
+}
+
+static ssize_t childless_storeme_write(struct childless *childless,
+				       const char *page,
+				       size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned long tmp;
+	char *p = (char *) page;
+
+	tmp = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10);
+	if (!p || (*p && (*p != '\n')))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (tmp > INT_MAX)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	childless->storeme = tmp;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t childless_description_read(struct childless *childless,
+					  char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page,
+"[01-childless]\n"
+"\n"
+"The childless subsystem is the simplest possible subsystem in\n"
+"configfs.  It does not support the creation of child config_items.\n"
+"It only has a few attributes.  In fact, it isn't much different\n"
+"than a directory in /proc.\n");
+}
+
+static struct childless_attribute childless_attr_showme = {
+	.attr	= { .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, .ca_name = "showme", .ca_mode = S_IRUGO },
+	.show	= childless_showme_read,
+};
+static struct childless_attribute childless_attr_storeme = {
+	.attr	= { .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, .ca_name = "storeme", .ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
+	.show	= childless_storeme_read,
+	.store	= childless_storeme_write,
+};
+static struct childless_attribute childless_attr_description = {
+	.attr = { .ca_owner = THIS_MODULE, .ca_name = "description", .ca_mode = S_IRUGO },
+	.show = childless_description_read,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute *childless_attrs[] = {
+	&childless_attr_showme.attr,
+	&childless_attr_storeme.attr,
+	&childless_attr_description.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static ssize_t childless_attr_show(struct config_item *item,
+				   struct configfs_attribute *attr,
+				   char *page)
+{
+	struct childless *childless = to_childless(item);
+	struct childless_attribute *childless_attr =
+		container_of(attr, struct childless_attribute, attr);
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
+
+	if (childless_attr->show)
+		ret = childless_attr->show(childless, page);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t childless_attr_store(struct config_item *item,
+				    struct configfs_attribute *attr,
+				    const char *page, size_t count)
+{
+	struct childless *childless = to_childless(item);
+	struct childless_attribute *childless_attr =
+		container_of(attr, struct childless_attribute, attr);
+	ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	if (childless_attr->store)
+		ret = childless_attr->store(childless, page, count);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct configfs_item_operations childless_item_ops = {
+	.show_attribute		= childless_attr_show,
+	.store_attribute	= childless_attr_store,
+};
+
+static struct config_item_type childless_type = {
+	.ct_item_ops	= &childless_item_ops,
+	.ct_attrs	= childless_attrs,
+	.ct_owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+static struct childless childless_subsys = {
+	.subsys = {
+		.su_group = {
+			.cg_item = {
+				.ci_namebuf = "01-childless",
+				.ci_type = &childless_type,
+			},
+		},
+	},
+};
+
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * 02-simple-children
+ *
+ * This example merely has a simple one-attribute child.  Note that
+ * there is no extra attribute structure, as the child's attribute is
+ * known from the get-go.  Also, there is no container for the
+ * subsystem, as it has no attributes of its own.
+ */
+
+struct simple_child {
+	struct config_item item;
+	int storeme;
+};
+
+static inline struct simple_child *to_simple_child(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	return item ? container_of(item, struct simple_child, item) : NULL;
+}
+
+static struct configfs_attribute simple_child_attr_storeme = {
+	.ca_owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ca_name = "storeme",
+	.ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute *simple_child_attrs[] = {
+	&simple_child_attr_storeme,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static ssize_t simple_child_attr_show(struct config_item *item,
+				      struct configfs_attribute *attr,
+				      char *page)
+{
+	ssize_t count;
+	struct simple_child *simple_child = to_simple_child(item);
+
+	count = sprintf(page, "%d\n", simple_child->storeme);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t simple_child_attr_store(struct config_item *item,
+				       struct configfs_attribute *attr,
+				       const char *page, size_t count)
+{
+	struct simple_child *simple_child = to_simple_child(item);
+	unsigned long tmp;
+	char *p = (char *) page;
+
+	tmp = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10);
+	if (!p || (*p && (*p != '\n')))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (tmp > INT_MAX)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	simple_child->storeme = tmp;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static void simple_child_release(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	kfree(to_simple_child(item));
+}
+
+static struct configfs_item_operations simple_child_item_ops = {
+	.release		= simple_child_release,
+	.show_attribute		= simple_child_attr_show,
+	.store_attribute	= simple_child_attr_store,
+};
+
+static struct config_item_type simple_child_type = {
+	.ct_item_ops	= &simple_child_item_ops,
+	.ct_attrs	= simple_child_attrs,
+	.ct_owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+
+static struct config_item *simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *name)
+{
+	struct simple_child *simple_child;
+
+	simple_child = kmalloc(sizeof(struct simple_child), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!simple_child)
+		return NULL;
+
+	memset(simple_child, 0, sizeof(struct simple_child));
+
+	config_item_init_type_name(&simple_child->item, name,
+				   &simple_child_type);
+
+	simple_child->storeme = 0;
+
+	return &simple_child->item;
+}
+
+static struct configfs_attribute simple_children_attr_description = {
+	.ca_owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ca_name = "description",
+	.ca_mode = S_IRUGO,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute *simple_children_attrs[] = {
+	&simple_children_attr_description,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static ssize_t simple_children_attr_show(struct config_item *item,
+			   		 struct configfs_attribute *attr,
+			   		 char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page,
+"[02-simple-children]\n"
+"\n"
+"This subsystem allows the creation of child config_items.  These\n"
+"items have only one attribute that is readable and writeable.\n");
+}
+
+static struct configfs_item_operations simple_children_item_ops = {
+	.show_attribute	= simple_children_attr_show,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Note that, since no extra work is required on ->drop_item(),
+ * no ->drop_item() is provided.
+ */
+static struct configfs_group_operations simple_children_group_ops = {
+	.make_item	= simple_children_make_item,
+};
+
+static struct config_item_type simple_children_type = {
+	.ct_item_ops	= &simple_children_item_ops,
+	.ct_group_ops	= &simple_children_group_ops,
+	.ct_attrs	= simple_children_attrs,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_subsystem simple_children_subsys = {
+	.su_group = {
+		.cg_item = {
+			.ci_namebuf = "02-simple-children",
+			.ci_type = &simple_children_type,
+		},
+	},
+};
+
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * 03-group-children
+ *
+ * This example reuses the simple_children group from above.  However,
+ * the simple_children group is not the subsystem itself, it is a
+ * child of the subsystem.  Creation of a group in the subsystem creates
+ * a new simple_children group.  That group can then have simple_child
+ * children of its own.
+ */
+
+struct simple_children {
+	struct config_group group;
+};
+
+static struct config_group *group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group, const char *name)
+{
+	struct simple_children *simple_children;
+
+	simple_children = kmalloc(sizeof(struct simple_children),
+				  GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!simple_children)
+		return NULL;
+
+	memset(simple_children, 0, sizeof(struct simple_children));
+
+	config_group_init_type_name(&simple_children->group, name,
+				    &simple_children_type);
+
+	return &simple_children->group;
+}
+
+static struct configfs_attribute group_children_attr_description = {
+	.ca_owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ca_name = "description",
+	.ca_mode = S_IRUGO,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute *group_children_attrs[] = {
+	&group_children_attr_description,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static ssize_t group_children_attr_show(struct config_item *item,
+			   		struct configfs_attribute *attr,
+			   		char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page,
+"[03-group-children]\n"
+"\n"
+"This subsystem allows the creation of child config_groups.  These\n"
+"groups are like the subsystem simple-children.\n");
+}
+
+static struct configfs_item_operations group_children_item_ops = {
+	.show_attribute	= group_children_attr_show,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Note that, since no extra work is required on ->drop_item(),
+ * no ->drop_item() is provided.
+ */
+static struct configfs_group_operations group_children_group_ops = {
+	.make_group	= group_children_make_group,
+};
+
+static struct config_item_type group_children_type = {
+	.ct_item_ops	= &group_children_item_ops,
+	.ct_group_ops	= &group_children_group_ops,
+	.ct_attrs	= group_children_attrs,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_subsystem group_children_subsys = {
+	.su_group = {
+		.cg_item = {
+			.ci_namebuf = "03-group-children",
+			.ci_type = &group_children_type,
+		},
+	},
+};
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * We're now done with our subsystem definitions.
+ * For convenience in this module, here's a list of them all.  It
+ * allows the init function to easily register them.  Most modules
+ * will only have one subsystem, and will only call register_subsystem
+ * on it directly.
+ */
+static struct configfs_subsystem *example_subsys[] = {
+	&childless_subsys.subsys,
+	&simple_children_subsys,
+	&group_children_subsys,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static int __init configfs_example_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int i;
+	struct configfs_subsystem *subsys;
+
+	for (i = 0; example_subsys[i]; i++) {
+		subsys = example_subsys[i];
+
+		config_group_init(&subsys->su_group);
+		init_MUTEX(&subsys->su_sem);
+		ret = configfs_register_subsystem(subsys);
+		if (ret) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "Error %d while registering subsystem %s\n",
+			       ret,
+			       subsys->su_group.cg_item.ci_namebuf);
+			goto out_unregister;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_unregister:
+	for (; i >= 0; i--) {
+		configfs_unregister_subsystem(example_subsys[i]);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __exit configfs_example_exit(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; example_subsys[i]; i++) {
+		configfs_unregister_subsystem(example_subsys[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+module_init(configfs_example_init);
+module_exit(configfs_example_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");