KOBJECT_INIT_AND_ADD

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

kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy  

SYNOPSIS

int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobj_type * ktype, struct kobject * parent, const char * fmt, ...);
 

ARGUMENTS

kobj

pointer to the kobject to initialize

ktype

pointer to the ktype for this kobject.

parent

pointer to the parent of this kobject.

fmt

the name of the kobject.

...

variable arguments
 

DESCRIPTION

This function combines the call to kobject_init and kobject_add. The same type of error handling after a call to kobject_add and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.  

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