kobject: kobject_uevent() returns manageable value

Since kobject_uevent() function does not return an integer value to
indicate if its operation was completed with success or not, it is worth
changing it in order to report a proper status (success or error) instead
of returning void.

[randy.dunlap@oracle.com: Fix inline kobject functions]
Cc: Mauricio Lin <mauriciolin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
This commit is contained in:
Aneesh Kumar K.V 2006-12-19 13:01:27 -08:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent f334b60b43
commit 542cfce6f3
2 changed files with 36 additions and 19 deletions

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@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ extern int __must_check subsys_create_file(struct subsystem * ,
struct subsys_attribute *);
#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
void kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action);
void kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action);
int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
char *envp[]);
int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
@ -274,11 +274,12 @@ int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
const char *format, ...)
__attribute__((format (printf, 7, 8)));
#else
static inline void kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action) { }
static inline void kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj,
static inline int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
{ return 0; }
static inline int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj,
enum kobject_action action,
char *envp[])
{ }
{ return 0; }
static inline int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,

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@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ static char *action_to_string(enum kobject_action action)
* @action: action that is happening (usually KOBJ_MOVE)
* @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
* @envp_ext: pointer to environmental data
*
* Returns 0 if kobject_uevent() is completed with success or the
* corresponding error when it fails.
*/
void kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
char *envp_ext[])
{
char **envp;
@ -79,14 +82,16 @@ void kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
u64 seq;
char *seq_buff;
int i = 0;
int retval;
int retval = 0;
int j;
pr_debug("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
action_string = action_to_string(action);
if (!action_string)
return;
if (!action_string) {
pr_debug("kobject attempted to send uevent without action_string!\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
/* search the kset we belong to */
top_kobj = kobj;
@ -95,31 +100,39 @@ void kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
} while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent);
}
if (!top_kobj->kset)
return;
if (!top_kobj->kset) {
pr_debug("kobject attempted to send uevent without kset!\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
kset = top_kobj->kset;
uevent_ops = kset->uevent_ops;
/* skip the event, if the filter returns zero. */
if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->filter)
if (!uevent_ops->filter(kset, kobj))
return;
if (!uevent_ops->filter(kset, kobj)) {
pr_debug("kobject filter function caused the event to drop!\n");
return 0;
}
/* environment index */
envp = kzalloc(NUM_ENVP * sizeof (char *), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!envp)
return;
return -ENOMEM;
/* environment values */
buffer = kmalloc(BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buffer)
if (!buffer) {
retval = -ENOMEM;
goto exit;
}
/* complete object path */
devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!devpath)
if (!devpath) {
retval = -ENOENT;
goto exit;
}
/* originating subsystem */
if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->name)
@ -204,7 +217,7 @@ void kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
kfree(devpath);
kfree(buffer);
kfree(envp);
return;
return retval;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent_env);
@ -214,10 +227,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent_env);
*
* @action: action that is happening (usually KOBJ_ADD and KOBJ_REMOVE)
* @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
*
* Returns 0 if kobject_uevent() is completed with success or the
* corresponding error when it fails.
*/
void kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
{
kobject_uevent_env(kobj, action, NULL);
return kobject_uevent_env(kobj, action, NULL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent);