drivers/base/module.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/drivers/base/module.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
drivers/base/module.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 2350 bytes
- Lines
- 115
- Domain
- Driver Families
- Bucket
- drivers/base
- Inferred role
- Driver Families: operation-table or driver-model contract
- Status
- pattern implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Repeatable hardware-adapter layer. Deep compatibility for every driver is out of scope; this atlas records patterns, probe lifecycles, bus glue, IRQ/DMA usage, and links back to core abstractions.
- Repeatable hardware-adapter layer. Deep compatibility for every driver is out of scope; this atlas records patterns, probe lifecycles, bus glue, IRQ/DMA usage, and links back to core abstractions.
- Defines an operation table; this is where Linux turns generic core objects into subsystem-specific behavior.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/device.hlinux/module.hlinux/errno.hlinux/slab.hlinux/string.hbase.h
Detected Declarations
function module_create_drivers_dirfunction module_add_driverfunction module_remove_driver
Annotated Snippet
static char *make_driver_name(const struct device_driver *drv)
{
char *driver_name;
driver_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%s", drv->bus->name, drv->name);
if (!driver_name)
return NULL;
return driver_name;
}
static void module_create_drivers_dir(struct module_kobject *mk)
{
static DEFINE_MUTEX(drivers_dir_mutex);
mutex_lock(&drivers_dir_mutex);
if (mk && !mk->drivers_dir)
mk->drivers_dir = kobject_create_and_add("drivers", &mk->kobj);
mutex_unlock(&drivers_dir_mutex);
}
int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, const struct device_driver *drv)
{
char *driver_name;
struct module_kobject *mk = NULL;
int ret;
if (!drv)
return 0;
if (mod)
mk = &mod->mkobj;
else if (drv->mod_name) {
/* Lookup or create built-in module entry in /sys/modules */
mk = lookup_or_create_module_kobject(drv->mod_name);
if (mk) {
/* remember our module structure */
drv->p->mkobj = mk;
/* lookup_or_create_module_kobject took a reference */
kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
}
}
if (!mk)
return 0;
ret = sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module");
if (ret)
return ret;
driver_name = make_driver_name(drv);
if (!driver_name) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_remove_kobj;
}
module_create_drivers_dir(mk);
if (!mk->drivers_dir) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out_free_driver_name;
}
ret = sysfs_create_link(mk->drivers_dir, &drv->p->kobj, driver_name);
if (ret)
goto out_remove_drivers_dir;
kfree(driver_name);
return 0;
out_remove_drivers_dir:
sysfs_remove_link(mk->drivers_dir, driver_name);
out_free_driver_name:
kfree(driver_name);
out_remove_kobj:
sysfs_remove_link(&drv->p->kobj, "module");
return ret;
}
void module_remove_driver(const struct device_driver *drv)
{
struct module_kobject *mk = NULL;
char *driver_name;
if (!drv)
return;
sysfs_remove_link(&drv->p->kobj, "module");
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/device.h`, `linux/module.h`, `linux/errno.h`, `linux/slab.h`, `linux/string.h`, `base.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function module_create_drivers_dir`, `function module_add_driver`, `function module_remove_driver`.
- Atlas domain: Driver Families / drivers/base.
- Implementation status: pattern implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.