nhmk/examples/chardev.c

/*
 *  chardev.c: Creates a read-only char device that says how many times
 *  you've read from the dev file
 */

#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/irq.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>

/*
 *  Prototypes - this would normally go in a .h file
 */
int init_module(void);
void cleanup_module(void);
static int device_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
static int device_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
static ssize_t device_read(struct file *, char *, size_t, loff_t *);
static ssize_t device_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);

#define SUCCESS 0
#define DEVICE_NAME "chardev" /* Dev name as it appears in /proc/devices   */
#define BUF_LEN 80            /* Max length of the message from the device */

/*
 * Global variables are declared as static, so are global within the file.
 */

static int Major;           /* Major number assigned to our device driver */
static int Device_Open = 0; /* Is device open?
                             * Used to prevent multiple access to device */
static char msg[BUF_LEN];   /* The msg the device will give when asked */
static char *msg_Ptr;

static struct class *cls;

static struct file_operations chardev_fops = {.read = device_read,
                                              .write = device_write,
                                              .open = device_open,
                                              .release = device_release};

/*
 * This function is called when the module is loaded
 */
int init_module(void)
{
    Major = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &chardev_fops);

    if (Major < 0) {
        pr_alert("Registering char device failed with %d\n", Major);
        return Major;
    }

    pr_info("I was assigned major number %d.\n", Major);

    cls = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DEVICE_NAME);
    device_create(cls, NULL, MKDEV(Major, 0), NULL, DEVICE_NAME);

    pr_info("Device created on /dev/%s\n", DEVICE_NAME);

    return SUCCESS;
}

/*
 * This function is called when the module is unloaded
 */
void cleanup_module(void)
{
    device_destroy(cls, MKDEV(Major, 0));
    class_destroy(cls);

    /*
     * Unregister the device
     */
    unregister_chrdev(Major, DEVICE_NAME);
}

/*
 * Methods
 */

/*
 * Called when a process tries to open the device file, like
 * "cat /dev/mycharfile"
 */
static int device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
    static int counter = 0;

    if (Device_Open)
        return -EBUSY;

    Device_Open++;
    sprintf(msg, "I already told you %d times Hello world!\n", counter++);
    msg_Ptr = msg;
    try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);

    return SUCCESS;
}

/*
 * Called when a process closes the device file.
 */
static int device_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
    Device_Open--; /* We're now ready for our next caller */

    /*
     * Decrement the usage count, or else once you opened the file, you'll
     * never get get rid of the module.
     */
    module_put(THIS_MODULE);

    return SUCCESS;
}

/*
 * Called when a process, which already opened the dev file, attempts to
 * read from it.
 */
static ssize_t device_read(struct file *filp, /* see include/linux/fs.h   */
                           char *buffer,      /* buffer to fill with data */
                           size_t length,     /* length of the buffer     */
                           loff_t *offset)
{
    /*
     * Number of bytes actually written to the buffer
     */
    int bytes_read = 0;

    /*
     * If we're at the end of the message,
     * return 0 signifying end of file
     */
    if (*msg_Ptr == 0)
        return 0;

    /*
     * Actually put the data into the buffer
     */
    while (length && *msg_Ptr) {
        /*
         * The buffer is in the user data segment, not the kernel
         * segment so "*" assignment won't work.  We have to use
         * put_user which copies data from the kernel data segment to
         * the user data segment.
         */
        put_user(*(msg_Ptr++), buffer++);

        length--;
        bytes_read++;
    }

    /*
     * Most read functions return the number of bytes put into the buffer
     */
    return bytes_read;
}

/*
 * Called when a process writes to dev file: echo "hi" > /dev/hello
 */
static ssize_t device_write(struct file *filp,
                            const char *buff,
                            size_t len,
                            loff_t *off)
{
    pr_alert("Sorry, this operation isn't supported.\n");
    return -EINVAL;
}

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");