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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/device/class.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/device/class.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h index e8d470c457d1..e61ec5502019 100644 --- a/include/linux/device/class.h +++ b/include/linux/device/class.h @@ -256,6 +256,20 @@ extern void class_destroy(struct class *cls); /* This is a #define to keep the compiler from merging different * instances of the __key variable */ + +/** + * class_create - create a struct class structure + * @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class + * @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class. + * + * This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used + * in calls to device_create(). + * + * Returns &struct class pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error. + * + * Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by + * making a call to class_destroy(). + */ #define class_create(owner, name) \ ({ \ static struct lock_class_key __key; \ |