FinalCharDriver.c

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>

#define FIRST_MINOR 0
#define MINOR_CNT 1

static dev_t dev;
static struct cdev c_dev;
static struct class *cl;

static int my_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
{
    return 0;
}
static int my_close(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
{
    return 0;
}

static char c = 'A';

static ssize_t my_read(struct file *f, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *off)
{
    if (*off == 0)
    {
        if (copy_to_user(buf, &c, 1))
        {
            return -EFAULT;
        }
        *off += 1;
        return 1;
    }
    else
        return 0;
}
static ssize_t my_write(struct file *f, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *off)
{
    if (copy_from_user(&c, buf + len - 1, 1))
    {
        return -EFAULT;
    }
    return len;
}

static struct file_operations driver_fops =
{
    .owner = THIS_MODULE,
    .open = my_open,
    .release = my_close,
    .read = my_read,
    .write = my_write
};

static int __init fcd_init(void)
{
    int ret;
    struct device *dev_ret;

    if ((ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, FIRST_MINOR, MINOR_CNT, "final_driver")) < 0)
    {
        return ret;
    }

    cdev_init(&c_dev, &driver_fops);

    if ((ret = cdev_add(&c_dev, dev, MINOR_CNT)) < 0)
    {
        unregister_chrdev_region(dev, MINOR_CNT);
        return ret;
    }
   
    if (IS_ERR(cl = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "char")))
    {
        cdev_del(&c_dev);
        unregister_chrdev_region(dev, MINOR_CNT);
        return PTR_ERR(cl);
    }
    if (IS_ERR(dev_ret = device_create(cl, NULL, dev, NULL, "finalchar%d", FIRST_MINOR)))
    {
        class_destroy(cl);
        cdev_del(&c_dev);
        unregister_chrdev_region(dev, MINOR_CNT);
        return PTR_ERR(dev_ret);
    }

    return 0;
}

static void __exit fcd_exit(void)
{
    device_destroy(cl, dev);
    class_destroy(cl);
    cdev_del(&c_dev);
    unregister_chrdev_region(dev, MINOR_CNT);
}

module_init(fcd_init);
module_exit(fcd_exit);

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Anil Kumar Pugalia <anil@sysplay.in>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A Character Driver");