What is alternative of create_proc_entry()

Question

As create_proc_entry function is deprecated, what is its replacement? I was trying to create a simple proc entry using create_proc_entry but got the this error:

error: implicit declaration of function ‘create_proc_entry’

I grepped create_proc_entry in proc_fs.h but didn't find it there. Is there something that I'm missing or there's alternative to do this?

Answer 1

The newer functions are named proc_*. You can see their declarations in include/linux/proc_fs.h.

In particular, proc_create creates a proc entry. You can check out the implementation of the other (quite useful) functions in the source file at fs/proc/generic.c. You may be particularly interested in proc_mkdir and proc_create_data.

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