Name

cdev_set_parent — set the parent kobject for a char device

Synopsis

void cdev_set_parent (struct cdev * p,
 struct kobject * kobj);
 

Arguments

p

the cdev structure

kobj

the kobject to take a reference to

Description

cdev_set_parent sets a parent kobject which will be referenced appropriately so the parent is not freed before the cdev. This should be called before cdev_add.