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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kobject.h | 33 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h index 05cc5b2ddff..973aa7b39e0 100644 --- a/include/linux/kobject.h +++ b/include/linux/kobject.h @@ -117,29 +117,30 @@ struct kset_uevent_ops { struct kobj_uevent_env *env); }; -/* - * struct kset - a set of kobjects of a specific type, belonging - * to a specific subsystem. - * - * All kobjects of a kset should be embedded in an identical - * type. This type may have a descriptor, which the kset points - * to. This allows there to exist sets of objects of the same - * type in different subsystems. +/** + * struct kset - a set of kobjects of a specific type, belonging to a specific subsystem. * - * A subsystem does not have to be a list of only one type - * of object; multiple ksets can belong to one subsystem. All - * ksets of a subsystem share the subsystem's lock. + * A kset defines a group of kobjects. They can be individually + * different "types" but overall these kobjects all want to be grouped + * together and operated on in the same manner. ksets are used to + * define the attribute callbacks and other common events that happen to + * a kobject. * - * Each kset can support specific event variables; it can - * supress the event generation or add subsystem specific - * variables carried with the event. + * @ktype: the struct kobj_type for this specific kset + * @list: the list of all kobjects for this kset + * @list_lock: a lock for iterating over the kobjects + * @kobj: the embedded kobject for this kset (recursion, isn't it fun...) + * @uevent_ops: the set of uevent operations for this kset. These are + * called whenever a kobject has something happen to it so that the kset + * can add new environment variables, or filter out the uevents if so + * desired. */ struct kset { - struct kobj_type * ktype; + struct kobj_type *ktype; struct list_head list; spinlock_t list_lock; struct kobject kobj; - struct kset_uevent_ops * uevent_ops; + struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops; }; |