2 * kmod - the kernel module loader
4 #include <linux/module.h>
5 #include <linux/sched.h>
6 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
7 #include <linux/binfmts.h>
8 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
9 #include <linux/unistd.h>
10 #include <linux/kmod.h>
11 #include <linux/slab.h>
12 #include <linux/completion.h>
13 #include <linux/cred.h>
14 #include <linux/file.h>
15 #include <linux/fdtable.h>
16 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
17 #include <linux/security.h>
18 #include <linux/mount.h>
19 #include <linux/kernel.h>
20 #include <linux/init.h>
21 #include <linux/resource.h>
22 #include <linux/notifier.h>
23 #include <linux/suspend.h>
24 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
25 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
26 #include <linux/async.h>
27 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
29 #include <trace/events/module.h>
34 * threads = div64_u64((u64) totalram_pages * (u64) PAGE_SIZE,
35 * (u64) THREAD_SIZE * 8UL);
37 * If you need less than 50 threads would mean we're dealing with systems
38 * smaller than 3200 pages. This assuems you are capable of having ~13M memory,
39 * and this would only be an be an upper limit, after which the OOM killer
40 * would take effect. Systems like these are very unlikely if modules are
43 #define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50
44 static atomic_t kmod_concurrent_max
= ATOMIC_INIT(MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
);
45 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(kmod_wq
);
48 * This is a restriction on having *all* MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT threads
49 * running at the same time without returning. When this happens we
50 * believe you've somehow ended up with a recursive module dependency
53 * We have no option but to fail.
55 * Userspace should proactively try to detect and prevent these.
57 #define MAX_KMOD_ALL_BUSY_TIMEOUT 5
60 modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys.
62 char modprobe_path
[KMOD_PATH_LEN
] = "/sbin/modprobe";
64 static void free_modprobe_argv(struct subprocess_info
*info
)
66 kfree(info
->argv
[3]); /* check call_modprobe() */
70 static int call_modprobe(char *module_name
, int wait
)
72 struct subprocess_info
*info
;
73 static char *envp
[] = {
76 "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
80 char **argv
= kmalloc(sizeof(char *[5]), GFP_KERNEL
);
84 module_name
= kstrdup(module_name
, GFP_KERNEL
);
88 argv
[0] = modprobe_path
;
91 argv
[3] = module_name
; /* check free_modprobe_argv() */
94 info
= call_usermodehelper_setup(modprobe_path
, argv
, envp
, GFP_KERNEL
,
95 NULL
, free_modprobe_argv
, NULL
);
97 goto free_module_name
;
99 return call_usermodehelper_exec(info
, wait
| UMH_KILLABLE
);
110 * __request_module - try to load a kernel module
111 * @wait: wait (or not) for the operation to complete
112 * @fmt: printf style format string for the name of the module
113 * @...: arguments as specified in the format string
115 * Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns
116 * zero on success or a negative errno code or positive exit code from
117 * "modprobe" on failure. Note that a successful module load does not mean
118 * the module did not then unload and exit on an error of its own. Callers
119 * must check that the service they requested is now available not blindly
122 * If module auto-loading support is disabled then this function
123 * becomes a no-operation.
125 int __request_module(bool wait
, const char *fmt
, ...)
128 char module_name
[MODULE_NAME_LEN
];
132 * We don't allow synchronous module loading from async. Module
133 * init may invoke async_synchronize_full() which will end up
134 * waiting for this task which already is waiting for the module
135 * loading to complete, leading to a deadlock.
137 WARN_ON_ONCE(wait
&& current_is_async());
139 if (!modprobe_path
[0])
143 ret
= vsnprintf(module_name
, MODULE_NAME_LEN
, fmt
, args
);
145 if (ret
>= MODULE_NAME_LEN
)
146 return -ENAMETOOLONG
;
148 ret
= security_kernel_module_request(module_name
);
152 if (atomic_dec_if_positive(&kmod_concurrent_max
) < 0) {
153 pr_warn_ratelimited("request_module: kmod_concurrent_max (%u) close to 0 (max_modprobes: %u), for module %s, throttling...",
154 atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent_max
),
155 MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
, module_name
);
156 ret
= wait_event_killable_timeout(kmod_wq
,
157 atomic_dec_if_positive(&kmod_concurrent_max
) >= 0,
158 MAX_KMOD_ALL_BUSY_TIMEOUT
* HZ
);
160 pr_warn_ratelimited("request_module: modprobe %s cannot be processed, kmod busy with %d threads for more than %d seconds now",
161 module_name
, MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
, MAX_KMOD_ALL_BUSY_TIMEOUT
);
163 } else if (ret
== -ERESTARTSYS
) {
164 pr_warn_ratelimited("request_module: sigkill sent for modprobe %s, giving up", module_name
);
169 trace_module_request(module_name
, wait
, _RET_IP_
);
171 ret
= call_modprobe(module_name
, wait
? UMH_WAIT_PROC
: UMH_WAIT_EXEC
);
173 atomic_inc(&kmod_concurrent_max
);
178 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__request_module
);