[PATCH dlm/next 09/12] kobject: export generic helper ops

Alexander Aring
2024-08-19T18:38:32Z

This patch exports generic helpers like kset_release() and
kset_get_ownership() so users can use them in their own struct kobj_type
implementation instead of implementing their own functions that do the
same.

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <aahringo@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/kobject.h | 2 ++
lib/kobject.c | 6 ++++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 7504b7547ed2..5fbc358e2be6 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ kset_type_create_and_add(const char *name, const struct kset_uevent_ops *u,
struct kset * __must_check
kset_create_and_add(const char *name, const struct kset_uevent_ops *u,
struct kobject *parent_kobj);
+void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj);
+void kset_get_ownership(const struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t *uid, kgid_t *gid);

static inline struct kset *to_kset(struct kobject *kobj)
{
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 09dd3d4c7f56..ccd2f6282c81 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -920,19 +920,21 @@ struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_find_obj);

-static void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+void kset_release(struct kobject *kobj)
{
struct kset *kset = container_of(kobj, struct kset, kobj);
pr_debug("'%s' (%p): %s\n",
kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
kfree(kset);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_release);

-static void kset_get_ownership(const struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t *uid, kgid_t *gid)
+void kset_get_ownership(const struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t *uid, kgid_t *gid)
{
if (kobj->parent)
kobject_get_ownership(kobj->parent, uid, gid);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_get_ownership);

static const struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
.sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
--
2.43.0