2 kmod, the new module loader (replaces kerneld)
5 Reorganized not to be a daemon by Adam Richter, with guidance
8 Modified to avoid chroot and file sharing problems.
11 Limit the concurrent number of kmod modprobes to catch loops from
12 "modprobe needs a service that is in a module".
13 Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> December 1999
16 #define __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__
18 #include <linux/config.h>
19 #include <linux/sched.h>
20 #include <linux/unistd.h>
21 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
23 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
26 modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys.
28 char modprobe_path
[256] = "/sbin/modprobe";
30 extern int max_threads
;
33 use_init_fs_context(void)
35 struct fs_struct
*our_fs
, *init_fs
;
36 struct dentry
*root
, *pwd
;
37 struct vfsmount
*rootmnt
, *pwdmnt
;
40 * Make modprobe's fs context be a copy of init's.
42 * We cannot use the user's fs context, because it
43 * may have a different root than init.
44 * Since init was created with CLONE_FS, we can grab
45 * its fs context from "init_task".
47 * The fs context has to be a copy. If it is shared
48 * with init, then any chdir() call in modprobe will
49 * also affect init and the other threads sharing
50 * init_task's fs context.
52 * We created the exec_modprobe thread without CLONE_FS,
53 * so we can update the fields in our fs context freely.
56 init_fs
= init_task
.fs
;
57 read_lock(&init_fs
->lock
);
58 rootmnt
= mntget(init_fs
->rootmnt
);
59 root
= dget(init_fs
->root
);
60 pwdmnt
= mntget(init_fs
->pwdmnt
);
61 pwd
= dget(init_fs
->pwd
);
62 read_unlock(&init_fs
->lock
);
64 /* FIXME - unsafe ->fs access */
66 our_fs
->umask
= init_fs
->umask
;
67 set_fs_root(our_fs
, rootmnt
, root
);
68 set_fs_pwd(our_fs
, pwdmnt
, pwd
);
69 write_lock(&our_fs
->lock
);
70 if (our_fs
->altroot
) {
71 struct vfsmount
*mnt
= our_fs
->altrootmnt
;
72 struct dentry
*dentry
= our_fs
->altroot
;
73 our_fs
->altrootmnt
= NULL
;
74 our_fs
->altroot
= NULL
;
75 write_unlock(&our_fs
->lock
);
79 write_unlock(&our_fs
->lock
);
86 int exec_usermodehelper(char *program_path
, char *argv
[], char *envp
[])
93 use_init_fs_context();
95 /* Prevent parent user process from sending signals to child.
96 Otherwise, if the modprobe program does not exist, it might
97 be possible to get a user defined signal handler to execute
98 as the super user right after the execve fails if you time
99 the signal just right.
101 spin_lock_irq(¤t
->sigmask_lock
);
102 flush_signals(current
);
103 flush_signal_handlers(current
);
104 spin_unlock_irq(¤t
->sigmask_lock
);
106 for (i
= 0; i
< current
->files
->max_fds
; i
++ ) {
107 if (current
->files
->fd
[i
]) close(i
);
110 /* Drop the "current user" thing */
112 struct user_struct
*user
= current
->user
;
113 current
->user
= INIT_USER
;
114 atomic_inc(&INIT_USER
->__count
);
115 atomic_inc(&INIT_USER
->processes
);
116 atomic_dec(&user
->processes
);
120 /* Give kmod all effective privileges.. */
121 current
->uid
= current
->euid
= current
->fsuid
= 0;
122 cap_set_full(current
->cap_effective
);
124 /* Allow execve args to be in kernel space. */
128 if (execve(program_path
, argv
, envp
) < 0)
133 static int exec_modprobe(void * module_name
)
135 static char * envp
[] = { "HOME=/", "TERM=linux", "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin", NULL
};
136 char *argv
[] = { modprobe_path
, "-s", "-k", (char*)module_name
, NULL
};
139 ret
= exec_usermodehelper(modprobe_path
, argv
, envp
);
142 "kmod: failed to exec %s -s -k %s, errno = %d\n",
143 modprobe_path
, (char*) module_name
, errno
);
149 * request_module - try to load a kernel module
150 * @module_name: Name of module
152 * Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns
153 * zero on success or a negative errno code on failure. Note that a
154 * successful module load does not mean the module did not then unload
155 * and exit on an error of its own. Callers must check that the service
156 * they requested is now available not blindly invoke it.
158 * If module auto-loading support is disabled then this function
159 * becomes a no-operation.
162 int request_module(const char * module_name
)
168 static atomic_t kmod_concurrent
= ATOMIC_INIT(0);
169 #define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50 /* Completely arbitrary value - KAO */
170 static int kmod_loop_msg
;
172 /* Don't allow request_module() before the root fs is mounted! */
173 if ( ! current
->fs
->root
) {
174 printk(KERN_ERR
"request_module[%s]: Root fs not mounted\n",
179 /* If modprobe needs a service that is in a module, we get a recursive
180 * loop. Limit the number of running kmod threads to max_threads/2 or
181 * MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT, whichever is the smaller. A cleaner method
182 * would be to run the parents of this process, counting how many times
183 * kmod was invoked. That would mean accessing the internals of the
184 * process tables to get the command line, proc_pid_cmdline is static
185 * and it is not worth changing the proc code just to handle this case.
189 if (i
> MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
)
190 i
= MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
;
191 atomic_inc(&kmod_concurrent
);
192 if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent
) > i
) {
193 if (kmod_loop_msg
++ < 5)
195 "kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped\n");
196 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
200 pid
= kernel_thread(exec_modprobe
, (void*) module_name
, 0);
202 printk(KERN_ERR
"request_module[%s]: fork failed, errno %d\n", module_name
, -pid
);
203 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
207 /* Block everything but SIGKILL/SIGSTOP */
208 spin_lock_irq(¤t
->sigmask_lock
);
209 tmpsig
= current
->blocked
;
210 siginitsetinv(¤t
->blocked
, sigmask(SIGKILL
) | sigmask(SIGSTOP
));
211 recalc_sigpending(current
);
212 spin_unlock_irq(¤t
->sigmask_lock
);
214 waitpid_result
= waitpid(pid
, NULL
, __WCLONE
);
215 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
217 /* Allow signals again.. */
218 spin_lock_irq(¤t
->sigmask_lock
);
219 current
->blocked
= tmpsig
;
220 recalc_sigpending(current
);
221 spin_unlock_irq(¤t
->sigmask_lock
);
223 if (waitpid_result
!= pid
) {
224 printk(KERN_ERR
"request_module[%s]: waitpid(%d,...) failed, errno %d\n",
225 module_name
, pid
, -waitpid_result
);
231 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
233 hotplug path is set via /proc/sys
234 invoked by hotplug-aware bus drivers,
235 with exec_usermodehelper and some thread-spawner
237 argv [0] = hotplug_path;
238 argv [1] = "usb", "scsi", "pci", "network", etc;
239 ... plus optional type-specific parameters
242 envp [*] = HOME, PATH; optional type-specific parameters
244 a hotplug bus should invoke this for device add/remove
245 events. the command is expected to load drivers when
246 necessary, and may perform additional system setup.
248 char hotplug_path
[256] = "/sbin/hotplug";
251 static int exec_helper (void *arg
)
253 void **params
= (void **) arg
;
254 char *path
= (char *) params
[0];
255 char **argv
= (char **) params
[1];
256 char **envp
= (char **) params
[2];
257 return exec_usermodehelper (path
, argv
, envp
);
261 int call_usermodehelper (char *path
, char **argv
, char **envp
)
263 void *params
[3] = { path
, argv
, envp
};
264 int pid
, pid2
, retval
;
267 if ( ! current
->fs
->root
) {
268 printk(KERN_ERR
"call_usermodehelper[%s]: no root fs\n",
272 if ((pid
= kernel_thread (exec_helper
, (void *) params
, 0)) < 0) {
273 printk(KERN_ERR
"failed fork %s, errno = %d", argv
[0], -pid
);
279 pid2
= waitpid (pid
, &retval
, __WCLONE
);
283 printk(KERN_ERR
"waitpid(%d) failed, %d\n", pid
, pid2
);