KOBJECT_CREATE_AND_A

Section: Driver Basics (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs  

SYNOPSIS

struct kobject * kobject_create_and_add(const char * name, struct kobject * parent);
 

ARGUMENTS

name

the name for the kset

parent

the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
 

DESCRIPTION

This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it with sysfs. When you are finished with this structure, call kobject_put and the structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used.

If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned.  

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