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Patrick Mochel authored
struct kset is what struct subsystem should have originally been called. It is a set of kobjects, and nothing more, with a much less confusing name than 'subsystem.' struct kset contains an embedded kobject, making it possible to represent it in the object hierarchy, and sysfs. This also provides a means for objects to easily express a list of subordinate objects. struct subsystem still exists, and contains an rwsem, which its subordinate ksets use to protect their lists. An arbitrary number of ksets may belong to a subsystem. A ksets specifies the subsystem it belongs to via its ->subsys field. struct subsystem also contains a default kset, which may be used without having to define a separate kset. The objects that defined subordinate subsystems (bus and class drivers) have been converted to use subordinate ksets instead. Note that the usage of ksets is flexible. - ksets may contain a list of objects of any type, not just kobjects. - The objects registered with a kset do not have to be registered. - ksets themselves do not have to be registered. One can be used by simply calling kset_init(). - ksets do not need a name if they are not registered. - Note however that locking must be done manually in these cases.
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