2 hwmon.c - part of lm_sensors, Linux kernel modules for hardware monitoring
4 This file defines the sysfs class "hwmon", for use by sensors drivers.
6 Copyright (C) 2005 Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
13 #include <linux/module.h>
14 #include <linux/device.h>
15 #include <linux/err.h>
16 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
17 #include <linux/idr.h>
18 #include <linux/hwmon.h>
19 #include <linux/gfp.h>
21 #define HWMON_ID_PREFIX "hwmon"
22 #define HWMON_ID_FORMAT HWMON_ID_PREFIX "%d"
24 static struct class *hwmon_class;
26 static DEFINE_IDR(hwmon_idr);
29 * hwmon_device_register - register w/ hwmon sysfs class
30 * @dev: the device to register
32 * hwmon_device_unregister() must be called when the class device is no
35 * Returns the pointer to the new struct class device.
37 struct class_device *hwmon_device_register(struct device *dev)
39 struct class_device *cdev;
42 if (idr_pre_get(&hwmon_idr, GFP_KERNEL) == 0)
43 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
45 if (idr_get_new(&hwmon_idr, NULL, &id) < 0)
46 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
48 id = id & MAX_ID_MASK;
49 cdev = class_device_create(hwmon_class, NULL, MKDEV(0,0), dev,
53 idr_remove(&hwmon_idr, id);
59 * hwmon_device_unregister - removes the previously registered class device
61 * @cdev: the class device to destroy
63 void hwmon_device_unregister(struct class_device *cdev)
67 if (sscanf(cdev->class_id, HWMON_ID_FORMAT, &id) == 1) {
68 class_device_unregister(cdev);
69 idr_remove(&hwmon_idr, id);
72 "hwmon_device_unregister() failed: bad class ID!\n");
75 static int __init hwmon_init(void)
77 hwmon_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "hwmon");
78 if (IS_ERR(hwmon_class)) {
79 printk(KERN_ERR "hwmon.c: couldn't create sysfs class\n");
80 return PTR_ERR(hwmon_class);
85 static void __exit hwmon_exit(void)
87 class_destroy(hwmon_class);
90 module_init(hwmon_init);
91 module_exit(hwmon_exit);
93 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwmon_device_register);
94 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwmon_device_unregister);
96 MODULE_AUTHOR("Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>");
97 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("hardware monitoring sysfs/class support");
98 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");