kobject_create_and_add(9)

💅 kobject_create_and_add 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual bestie, today we're doing kobject_create_and_add(9) and honestly? it's giving "one function, two jobs, zero drama." 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

kobject_create_and_add — Create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct kobject * kobject_create_and_add (const char *name , struct kobject *parent );

like literally that's the whole vibe. one call, two args, a pointer comes back. 🔥

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• name — the name for the kobject. yep, that's it, that's the name. pick a good one, it's gonna be visible. ✨
• parent — the parent kobject of this kobject, if any. so like, it can be nobody's child too, no pressure. 🫶

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

bestie listen. this function creates a kobject structure dynamically — like, it goes and gets the memory for you, main character energy — and then registers it with sysfs. two steps, one call, we love a multitasker. 💅

so when you are finished with this structure, call kobject_put and the structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used. that's the deal, okay? you don't free it yourself, you hand it back to the kernel and it handles the rest. no cap. 🧚

and if the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned. so literally check for NULL, bestie, please 😭🙈

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./lib/kobject.c — the source, the origin, the mothership 🍓
• kobject_namespace(9)
• kobject_get_ownership(9)
• kobject_get_path(9)
• kobject_set_name_vargs(9)
• kobject_set_name(9)
• kobject_init(9)
• kobject_add(9)
• kobject_init_and_add(9)
• kobject_rename(9)
• kobject_move(9)
• kobject_del(9)
• kobject_get(9)
• kobject_put(9)
• kobject_create(9)
• kset_init(9)
• kset_register(9)
• kset_unregister(9)
• kset_find_obj(9)
• kset_create(9)
• kset_create_and_add(9)

like, the whole kobject friend group fr fr 🌈⭐

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and that's the page!! love u, go forth and register your kobjects responsibly 💖 this one came out of ./lib and it's dated October 2026, so like, mark your calendars bestie 🎀👑✨