Name

__class_create — create a struct class structure

Synopsis

struct class * __class_create (struct module * owner,
 const char * name,
 struct lock_class_key * key);
 

Arguments

owner

pointer to the module that is to own this struct class

name

pointer to a string for the name of this class.

key

the lock_class_key for this class; used by mutex lock debugging

Description

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.