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/*
* procfs_example.c: an example proc interface
*
* Copyright (C) 2001, Erik Mouw (mouw@nl.linux.org)
*
* This file accompanies the procfs-guide in the Linux kernel
* source. Its main use is to demonstrate the concepts and
* functions described in the guide.
*
* This software has been developed while working on the LART
* computing board (http://www.lartmaker.nl), which was sponsored
* by the Delt University of Technology projects Mobile Multi-media
* Communications and Ubiquitous Communications.
*
* 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 02111-1307 USA
*
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#define MODULE_VERS "1.0"
#define MODULE_NAME "procfs_example"
#define FOOBAR_LEN 8
struct fb_data_t {
char name[FOOBAR_LEN + 1];
char value[FOOBAR_LEN + 1];
};
static struct proc_dir_entry *example_dir, *foo_file,
*bar_file, *jiffies_file, *symlink;
struct fb_data_t foo_data, bar_data;
static int proc_read_jiffies(char *page, char **start,
off_t off, int count,
int *eof, void *data)
{
int len;
len = sprintf(page, "jiffies = %ld\n",
jiffies);
return len;
}
static int proc_read_foobar(char *page, char **start,
off_t off, int count,
int *eof, void *data)
{
int len;
struct fb_data_t *fb_data = (struct fb_data_t *)data;
/* DON'T DO THAT - buffer overruns are bad */
len = sprintf(page, "%s = '%s'\n",
fb_data->name, fb_data->value);
return len;
}
static int proc_write_foobar(struct file *file,
const char *buffer,
unsigned long count,
void *data)
{
int len;
struct fb_data_t *fb_data = (struct fb_data_t *)data;
if(count > FOOBAR_LEN)
len = FOOBAR_LEN;
else
len = count;
if(copy_from_user(fb_data->value, buffer, len))
return -EFAULT;
fb_data->value[len] = '\0';
return len;
}
static int __init init_procfs_example(void)
{
int rv = 0;
/* create directory */
example_dir = proc_mkdir(MODULE_NAME, NULL);
if(example_dir == NULL) {
rv = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
/* create jiffies using convenience function */
jiffies_file = create_proc_read_entry("jiffies",
0444, example_dir,
proc_read_jiffies,
NULL);
if(jiffies_file == NULL) {
rv = -ENOMEM;
goto no_jiffies;
}
/* create foo and bar files using same callback
* functions
*/
foo_file = create_proc_entry("foo", 0644, example_dir);
if(foo_file == NULL) {
rv = -ENOMEM;
goto no_foo;
}
strcpy(foo_data.name, "foo");
strcpy(foo_data.value, "foo");
foo_file->data = &foo_data;
foo_file->read_proc = proc_read_foobar;
foo_file->write_proc = proc_write_foobar;
bar_file = create_proc_entry("bar", 0644, example_dir);
if(bar_file == NULL) {
rv = -ENOMEM;
goto no_bar;
}
strcpy(bar_data.name, "bar");
strcpy(bar_data.value, "bar");
bar_file->data = &bar_data;
bar_file->read_proc = proc_read_foobar;
bar_file->write_proc = proc_write_foobar;
/* create symlink */
symlink = proc_symlink("jiffies_too", example_dir,
"jiffies");
if(symlink == NULL) {
rv = -ENOMEM;
goto no_symlink;
}
/* everything OK */
printk(KERN_INFO "%s %s initialised\n",
MODULE_NAME, MODULE_VERS);
return 0;
no_symlink:
remove_proc_entry("bar", example_dir);
no_bar:
remove_proc_entry("foo", example_dir);
no_foo:
remove_proc_entry("jiffies", example_dir);
no_jiffies:
remove_proc_entry(MODULE_NAME, NULL);
out:
return rv;
}
static void __exit cleanup_procfs_example(void)
{
remove_proc_entry("jiffies_too", example_dir);
remove_proc_entry("bar", example_dir);
remove_proc_entry("foo", example_dir);
remove_proc_entry("jiffies", example_dir);
remove_proc_entry(MODULE_NAME, NULL);
printk(KERN_INFO "%s %s removed\n",
MODULE_NAME, MODULE_VERS);
}
module_init(init_procfs_example);
module_exit(cleanup_procfs_example);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Erik Mouw");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("procfs examples");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
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