May 17, 2017
11:34 a.m.
Hi, On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Madhu K <madhu.sk89@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I am kernel newbie, I want to know the importance of kobject, can anybody explain the importance of kobject with an example.
To state a not-so-popular analogy, kobjects can also be viewed as root object in object oriented programming. So a bit like java.lang.Object. Of course it is not a root object and indeed C is not OO, but this view helps in thinking about it. This section from ldd3 lists some of the tasks handled by kobject: http://www.makelinux.net/ldd3/chp-14-sect-1. So whichever struct ultimately encapsulates (inherits from) kobject will have those tasks handled for it for free. This view is in addition to others expressed here. HTH Okash