'scull' device from ldd3 is not shown under /dev/ - linux-kernel

Question

Following the book ldd3 (- Linux Device Drivers 3 ed.) and using, also, source code files available here (as suggested by another stackoverflow's user here), I am able to compile the scull device module and load it on my Linux-based OS. For more details:
$ insmod scull.ko
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
scull 20480 0
$ dmesg | tail -...
[...] scullsingle registered at f300008
[...] sculluid registered at f300009
[...] scullwuid registered at f30000a
[...] sullpriv registered at f30000b
However, in the /dev/ directory, there is NOT the scull0 device entry as I was expecting. So I cannot use it.
In addition, when executing:
$ rmmod scull
The system displays this error:
rmmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:514 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/lib/modules/4.9.0/modules.builtin.bin'
The funny phenomena is that now, executing lsmod, the device seems disappeared and before, as you can see from the snipped, it was present.
MORE INFO (may be they can be useful in some way):
using a 4.9.0 kernel version
currently, I am cross-compiling the module
gcc used: aarch64-Linux-gnu-gcc
ARCH=arm64
snipped code of scull:
CODE:
/*
* main.c -- the bare scull char module
*
* Copyright (C) 2001 Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet
* Copyright (C) 2001 O'Reilly & Associates
*
* The source code in this file can be freely used, adapted,
* and redistributed in source or binary form, so long as an
* acknowledgment appears in derived source files. The citation
* should list that the code comes from the book "Linux Device
* Drivers" by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet, published
* by O'Reilly & Associates. No warranty is attached;
* we cannot take responsibility for errors or fitness for use.
*
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h> /* printk() */
#include <linux/slab.h> /* kmalloc() */
#include <linux/fs.h> /* everything... */
#include <linux/errno.h> /* error codes */
#include <linux/types.h> /* size_t */
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/fcntl.h> /* O_ACCMODE */
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h> /* copy_*_user */
#include "scull.h" /* local definitions */
/*
* Our parameters which can be set at load time.
*/
int scull_major = SCULL_MAJOR;
int scull_minor = 0;
int scull_nr_devs = SCULL_NR_DEVS; /* number of bare scull devices */
int scull_quantum = SCULL_QUANTUM;
int scull_qset = SCULL_QSET;
module_param(scull_major, int, S_IRUGO);
module_param(scull_minor, int, S_IRUGO);
module_param(scull_nr_devs, int, S_IRUGO);
module_param(scull_quantum, int, S_IRUGO);
module_param(scull_qset, int, S_IRUGO);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Alessandro Rubini, Jonathan Corbet");
MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
struct scull_dev *scull_devices; /* allocated in scull_init_module */
/*
* Empty out the scull device; must be called with the device
* semaphore held.
*/
int scull_trim(struct scull_dev *dev)
{
struct scull_qset *next, *dptr;
int qset = dev->qset; /* "dev" is not-null */
int i;
for (dptr = dev->data; dptr; dptr = next) { /* all the list items */
if (dptr->data) {
for (i = 0; i < qset; i++)
kfree(dptr->data[i]);
kfree(dptr->data);
dptr->data = NULL;
}
next = dptr->next;
kfree(dptr);
}
dev->size = 0;
dev->quantum = scull_quantum;
dev->qset = scull_qset;
dev->data = NULL;
return 0;
}
#ifdef SCULL_DEBUG /* use proc only if debugging */
/*
* The proc filesystem: function to read and entry
*/
int scull_read_procmem(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
{
int i, j;
int limit = s->size - 80; /* Don't print more than this */
for (i = 0; i < scull_nr_devs && s->count <= limit; i++) {
struct scull_dev *d = &scull_devices[i];
struct scull_qset *qs = d->data;
if (down_interruptible(&d->sem))
return -ERESTARTSYS;
seq_printf(s,"\nDevice %i: qset %i, q %i, sz %li\n",
i, d->qset, d->quantum, d->size);
for (; qs && s->count <= limit; qs = qs->next) { /* scan the list */
seq_printf(s, " item at %p, qset at %p\n",
qs, qs->data);
if (qs->data && !qs->next) /* dump only the last item */
for (j = 0; j < d->qset; j++) {
if (qs->data[j])
seq_printf(s, " % 4i: %8p\n",
j, qs->data[j]);
}
}
up(&scull_devices[i].sem);
}
return 0;
}
/*
* Here are our sequence iteration methods. Our "position" is
* simply the device number.
*/
static void *scull_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *pos)
{
if (*pos >= scull_nr_devs)
return NULL; /* No more to read */
return scull_devices + *pos;
}
static void *scull_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *v, loff_t *pos)
{
(*pos)++;
if (*pos >= scull_nr_devs)
return NULL;
return scull_devices + *pos;
}
static void scull_seq_stop(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
{
/* Actually, there's nothing to do here */
}
static int scull_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
{
struct scull_dev *dev = (struct scull_dev *) v;
struct scull_qset *d;
int i;
if (down_interruptible(&dev->sem))
return -ERESTARTSYS;
seq_printf(s, "\nDevice %i: qset %i, q %i, sz %li\n",
(int) (dev - scull_devices), dev->qset,
dev->quantum, dev->size);
for (d = dev->data; d; d = d->next) { /* scan the list */
seq_printf(s, " item at %p, qset at %p\n", d, d->data);
if (d->data && !d->next) /* dump only the last item */
for (i = 0; i < dev->qset; i++) {
if (d->data[i])
seq_printf(s, " % 4i: %8p\n",
i, d->data[i]);
}
}
up(&dev->sem);
return 0;
}
/*
* Tie the sequence operators up.
*/
static struct seq_operations scull_seq_ops = {
.start = scull_seq_start,
.next = scull_seq_next,
.stop = scull_seq_stop,
.show = scull_seq_show
};
/*
* Now to implement the /proc files we need only make an open
* method which sets up the sequence operators.
*/
static int scullmem_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
return single_open(file, scull_read_procmem, NULL);
}
static int scullseq_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
return seq_open(file, &scull_seq_ops);
}
/*
* Create a set of file operations for our proc files.
*/
static struct file_operations scullmem_proc_ops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = scullmem_proc_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = single_release
};
static struct file_operations scullseq_proc_ops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = scullseq_proc_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = seq_release
};
/*
* Actually create (and remove) the /proc file(s).
*/
static void scull_create_proc(void)
{
proc_create_data("scullmem", 0 /* default mode */,
NULL /* parent dir */, &scullmem_proc_ops,
NULL /* client data */);
proc_create("scullseq", 0, NULL, &scullseq_proc_ops);
}
static void scull_remove_proc(void)
{
/* no problem if it was not registered */
remove_proc_entry("scullmem", NULL /* parent dir */);
remove_proc_entry("scullseq", NULL);
}
#endif /* SCULL_DEBUG */
/*
* Open and close
*/
int scull_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
struct scull_dev *dev; /* device information */
dev = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct scull_dev, cdev);
filp->private_data = dev; /* for other methods */
/* now trim to 0 the length of the device if open was write-only */
if ( (filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_WRONLY) {
if (down_interruptible(&dev->sem))
return -ERESTARTSYS;
scull_trim(dev); /* ignore errors */
up(&dev->sem);
}
return 0; /* success */
}
int scull_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
return 0;
}
/*
* Follow the list
*/
struct scull_qset *scull_follow(struct scull_dev *dev, int n)
{
struct scull_qset *qs = dev->data;
/* Allocate first qset explicitly if need be */
if (! qs) {
qs = dev->data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct scull_qset), GFP_KERNEL);
if (qs == NULL)
return NULL; /* Never mind */
memset(qs, 0, sizeof(struct scull_qset));
}
/* Then follow the list */
while (n--) {
if (!qs->next) {
qs->next = kmalloc(sizeof(struct scull_qset), GFP_KERNEL);
if (qs->next == NULL)
return NULL; /* Never mind */
memset(qs->next, 0, sizeof(struct scull_qset));
}
qs = qs->next;
continue;
}
return qs;
}
/*
* Data management: read and write
*/
ssize_t scull_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count,
loff_t *f_pos)
{
struct scull_dev *dev = filp->private_data;
struct scull_qset *dptr; /* the first listitem */
int quantum = dev->quantum, qset = dev->qset;
int itemsize = quantum * qset; /* how many bytes in the listitem */
int item, s_pos, q_pos, rest;
ssize_t retval = 0;
if (down_interruptible(&dev->sem))
return -ERESTARTSYS;
if (*f_pos >= dev->size)
goto out;
if (*f_pos + count > dev->size)
count = dev->size - *f_pos;
/* find listitem, qset index, and offset in the quantum */
item = (long)*f_pos / itemsize;
rest = (long)*f_pos % itemsize;
s_pos = rest / quantum; q_pos = rest % quantum;
/* follow the list up to the right position (defined elsewhere) */
dptr = scull_follow(dev, item);
if (dptr == NULL || !dptr->data || ! dptr->data[s_pos])
goto out; /* don't fill holes */
/* read only up to the end of this quantum */
if (count > quantum - q_pos)
count = quantum - q_pos;
if (copy_to_user(buf, dptr->data[s_pos] + q_pos, count)) {
retval = -EFAULT;
goto out;
}
*f_pos += count;
retval = count;
out:
up(&dev->sem);
return retval;
}
ssize_t scull_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count,
loff_t *f_pos)
{
struct scull_dev *dev = filp->private_data;
struct scull_qset *dptr;
int quantum = dev->quantum, qset = dev->qset;
int itemsize = quantum * qset;
int item, s_pos, q_pos, rest;
ssize_t retval = -ENOMEM; /* value used in "goto out" statements */
if (down_interruptible(&dev->sem))
return -ERESTARTSYS;
/* find listitem, qset index and offset in the quantum */
item = (long)*f_pos / itemsize;
rest = (long)*f_pos % itemsize;
s_pos = rest / quantum; q_pos = rest % quantum;
/* follow the list up to the right position */
dptr = scull_follow(dev, item);
if (dptr == NULL)
goto out;
if (!dptr->data) {
dptr->data = kmalloc(qset * sizeof(char *), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dptr->data)
goto out;
memset(dptr->data, 0, qset * sizeof(char *));
}
if (!dptr->data[s_pos]) {
dptr->data[s_pos] = kmalloc(quantum, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dptr->data[s_pos])
goto out;
}
/* write only up to the end of this quantum */
if (count > quantum - q_pos)
count = quantum - q_pos;
if (copy_from_user(dptr->data[s_pos]+q_pos, buf, count)) {
retval = -EFAULT;
goto out;
}
*f_pos += count;
retval = count;
/* update the size */
if (dev->size < *f_pos)
dev->size = *f_pos;
out:
up(&dev->sem);
return retval;
}
/*
* The ioctl() implementation
*/
long scull_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
int err = 0, tmp;
int retval = 0;
/*
* extract the type and number bitfields, and don't decode
* wrong cmds: return ENOTTY (inappropriate ioctl) before access_ok()
*/
if (_IOC_TYPE(cmd) != SCULL_IOC_MAGIC) return -ENOTTY;
if (_IOC_NR(cmd) > SCULL_IOC_MAXNR) return -ENOTTY;
/*
* the direction is a bitmask, and VERIFY_WRITE catches R/W
* transfers. `Type' is user-oriented, while
* access_ok is kernel-oriented, so the concept of "read" and
* "write" is reversed
*/
if (_IOC_DIR(cmd) & _IOC_READ)
err = !access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, (void __user *)arg, _IOC_SIZE(cmd));
else if (_IOC_DIR(cmd) & _IOC_WRITE)
err = !access_ok(VERIFY_READ, (void __user *)arg, _IOC_SIZE(cmd));
if (err) return -EFAULT;
switch(cmd) {
case SCULL_IOCRESET:
scull_quantum = SCULL_QUANTUM;
scull_qset = SCULL_QSET;
break;
case SCULL_IOCSQUANTUM: /* Set: arg points to the value */
if (! capable (CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
retval = __get_user(scull_quantum, (int __user *)arg);
break;
case SCULL_IOCTQUANTUM: /* Tell: arg is the value */
if (! capable (CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
scull_quantum = arg;
break;
case SCULL_IOCGQUANTUM: /* Get: arg is pointer to result */
retval = __put_user(scull_quantum, (int __user *)arg);
break;
case SCULL_IOCQQUANTUM: /* Query: return it (it's positive) */
return scull_quantum;
case SCULL_IOCXQUANTUM: /* eXchange: use arg as pointer */
if (! capable (CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
tmp = scull_quantum;
retval = __get_user(scull_quantum, (int __user *)arg);
if (retval == 0)
retval = __put_user(tmp, (int __user *)arg);
break;
case SCULL_IOCHQUANTUM: /* sHift: like Tell + Query */
if (! capable (CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
tmp = scull_quantum;
scull_quantum = arg;
return tmp;
case SCULL_IOCSQSET:
if (! capable (CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
retval = __get_user(scull_qset, (int __user *)arg);
break;
case SCULL_IOCTQSET:
if (! capable (CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
scull_qset = arg;
break;
case SCULL_IOCGQSET:
retval = __put_user(scull_qset, (int __user *)arg);
break;
case SCULL_IOCQQSET:
return scull_qset;
case SCULL_IOCXQSET:
if (! capable (CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
tmp = scull_qset;
retval = __get_user(scull_qset, (int __user *)arg);
if (retval == 0)
retval = put_user(tmp, (int __user *)arg);
break;
case SCULL_IOCHQSET:
if (! capable (CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
tmp = scull_qset;
scull_qset = arg;
return tmp;
/*
* The following two change the buffer size for scullpipe.
* The scullpipe device uses this same ioctl method, just to
* write less code. Actually, it's the same driver, isn't it?
*/
case SCULL_P_IOCTSIZE:
scull_p_buffer = arg;
break;
case SCULL_P_IOCQSIZE:
return scull_p_buffer;
default: /* redundant, as cmd was checked against MAXNR */
return -ENOTTY;
}
return retval;
}
/*
* The "extended" operations -- only seek
*/
loff_t scull_llseek(struct file *filp, loff_t off, int whence)
{
struct scull_dev *dev = filp->private_data;
loff_t newpos;
switch(whence) {
case 0: /* SEEK_SET */
newpos = off;
break;
case 1: /* SEEK_CUR */
newpos = filp->f_pos + off;
break;
case 2: /* SEEK_END */
newpos = dev->size + off;
break;
default: /* can't happen */
return -EINVAL;
}
if (newpos < 0) return -EINVAL;
filp->f_pos = newpos;
return newpos;
}
struct file_operations scull_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.llseek = scull_llseek,
.read = scull_read,
.write = scull_write,
.unlocked_ioctl = scull_ioctl,
.open = scull_open,
.release = scull_release,
};
/*
* Finally, the module stuff
*/
/*
* The cleanup function is used to handle initialization failures as well.
* Thefore, it must be careful to work correctly even if some of the items
* have not been initialized
*/
void scull_cleanup_module(void)
{
int i;
dev_t devno = MKDEV(scull_major, scull_minor);
/* Get rid of our char dev entries */
if (scull_devices) {
for (i = 0; i < scull_nr_devs; i++) {
scull_trim(scull_devices + i);
cdev_del(&scull_devices[i].cdev);
}
kfree(scull_devices);
}
#ifdef SCULL_DEBUG /* use proc only if debugging */
scull_remove_proc();
#endif
/* cleanup_module is never called if registering failed */
unregister_chrdev_region(devno, scull_nr_devs);
/* and call the cleanup functions for friend devices */
scull_p_cleanup();
scull_access_cleanup();
}
/*
* Set up the char_dev structure for this device.
*/
static void scull_setup_cdev(struct scull_dev *dev, int index)
{
int err, devno = MKDEV(scull_major, scull_minor + index);
cdev_init(&dev->cdev, &scull_fops);
dev->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
dev->cdev.ops = &scull_fops;
err = cdev_add (&dev->cdev, devno, 1);
/* Fail gracefully if need be */
if (err)
printk(KERN_NOTICE "Error %d adding scull%d", err, index);
}
int scull_init_module(void)
{
int result, i;
dev_t dev = 0;
/*
* Get a range of minor numbers to work with, asking for a dynamic
* major unless directed otherwise at load time.
*/
if (scull_major) {
dev = MKDEV(scull_major, scull_minor);
result = register_chrdev_region(dev, scull_nr_devs, "scull");
} else {
result = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, scull_minor, scull_nr_devs,
"scull");
scull_major = MAJOR(dev);
}
if (result < 0) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "scull: can't get major %d\n", scull_major);
return result;
}
/*
* allocate the devices -- we can't have them static, as the number
* can be specified at load time
*/
scull_devices = kmalloc(scull_nr_devs * sizeof(struct scull_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!scull_devices) {
result = -ENOMEM;
goto fail; /* Make this more graceful */
}
memset(scull_devices, 0, scull_nr_devs * sizeof(struct scull_dev));
/* Initialize each device. */
for (i = 0; i < scull_nr_devs; i++) {
scull_devices[i].quantum = scull_quantum;
scull_devices[i].qset = scull_qset;
sema_init(&scull_devices[i].sem, 1);
scull_setup_cdev(&scull_devices[i], i);
}
/* At this point call the init function for any friend device */
dev = MKDEV(scull_major, scull_minor + scull_nr_devs);
dev += scull_p_init(dev);
dev += scull_access_init(dev);
#ifdef SCULL_DEBUG /* only when debugging */
scull_create_proc();
#endif
return 0; /* succeed */
fail:
scull_cleanup_module();
return result;
}
module_init(scull_init_module);
module_exit(scull_cleanup_module);

Answer 1

SOLUTION:
Of course, I was doing the things in the wrong way: in order to load CORRECTLY the scull device module, in the book's source code and, also, in the other link of the question, there is load_scull script that does everything for you.
# source scull_load
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
scull 20480 0
# ls -l /dev/ | grep scull
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Dec 19 15:00 scull -> scull0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 0 Dec 19 15:00 scull0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 1 Dec 19 15:00 scull1
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 2 Dec 19 15:00 scull2
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 3 Dec 19 15:00 scull3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 19 15:00 scullpipe -> scullpipe0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 4 Dec 19 15:00 scullpipe0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 5 Dec 19 15:00 scullpipe1
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 6 Dec 19 15:00 scullpipe2
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 7 Dec 19 15:00 scullpipe3
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 11 Dec 19 15:00 scullpriv
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 8 Dec 19 15:00 scullsingle
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 9 Dec 19 15:00 sculluid
crw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 243, 10 Dec 19 15:00 scullwuid