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.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "KOBJECT_CREATE_AND_A" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
kobject_create_and_add \- create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ kobject\ *\ kobject_create_and_add('u
.BI "struct kobject * kobject_create_and_add(const\ char\ *\ " "name" ", struct\ kobject\ *\ " "parent" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
the name for the kobject
.RE
.PP
\fIparent\fR
.RS 4
the parent kobject of this kobject, if any\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it with sysfs\&. When you are finished with this structure, call
\fBkobject_put\fR
and the structure will be dynamically freed when it is no longer being used\&.
.PP
If the kobject was not able to be created, NULL will be returned\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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