seq_file接口，在kernel 2.6中将代替老的proc接口
seq_file接口的实现，引入了对象、迭代子等概念，这类似于C++中的泛型技术
如果对泛型技术有一定的了解，则会对seq_file接口的理解有一定的帮助
下面是原文的实例代码，略作注释：
/*
* Simple demonstration of the seq_file interface.
*
* $Id: seq.c,v 1.1 2003/02/10 21:02:02 corbet Exp $
*/
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
MODULE_AUTHOR("Jonathan Corbet");
MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
/* 使用seq_file接口，需要实现4个函数：start()、next()、stop()、show()，这4个函数用于对设备的输出信息的迭代访问（控制）*/
/*
* The sequence iterator functions. We simply use the count of the
* next line as our internal position.
*/
/*start()函数，用于设置访问设备的起始位置；本示例的设备位置的含义与proc文件的偏移量相同；返回值作为迭代子*/
static void *ct_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *pos)
{
loff_t *spos = kmalloc(sizeof(loff_t), GFP_KERNEL);
if (! spos)
return NULL;
*spos = *pos;
return spos;
}
/*next()函数，用于实现迭代子的访问步长，本示例的步长是偏移量递加，每次加1；返回值是新的迭代子*/
static void *ct_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *v, loff_t *pos)
{
loff_t *spos = (loff_t *) v;
*pos = ++(*spos);
return spos;
}
/*stop()函数，完成一些清理函数*/
static void ct_seq_stop(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
{
kfree (v);
}
/*
* The show function.
*/
/*show()函数，用于向proc文件输出设备需要输出的信息；本示例中仅输出迭代子的序列号*/
static int ct_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
{
loff_t *spos = (loff_t *) v;
seq_printf(s, "%Ld\n", *spos);
return 0;
}
/*
* Tie them all together into a set of seq_operations.
*/
/*seq_file接口的函数操作集*/
static struct seq_operations ct_seq_ops = {
.start = ct_seq_start,
.next = ct_seq_next,
.stop = ct_seq_stop,
.show = ct_seq_show
};
/*
* Time to set up the file operations for our /proc file. In this case,
* all we need is an open function which sets up the sequence ops.
*/
/*proc接口的open方法实现，open()函数将proc文件与seq_file接口的函数操作集关联起来*/
static int ct_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
return seq_open(file, &ct_seq_ops);
};
/*
* The file operations structure contains our open function along with
* set of the canned seq_ ops.
*/
/*proc接口的函数操作集，除open方法外，其他方法不需要实现，已经由seq_file的内部代码实现完毕*/
static struct file_operations ct_file_ops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = ct_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = seq_release
};
/*
* Module setup and teardown.
*/
/*模块初始化，创建proc文件*/
static int ct_init(void)
{
struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
entry = create_proc_entry("sequence", 0, NULL);
if (entry)
entry->proc_fops = &ct_file_ops;
return 0;
}
/*模块注销，删除所创建的proc文件*/
static void ct_exit(void)
{
remove_proc_entry("sequence", NULL);
}
module_init(ct_init);
module_exit(ct_exit);