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
15 Unblock all signals when we exec a usermode process.
16 Shuu Yamaguchi <shuu@wondernetworkresources.com> December 2000
18 call_usermodehelper wait flag, and remove exec_usermodehelper.
19 Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Jan 2003
21 #include <linux/module.h>
22 #include <linux/sched.h>
23 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
24 #include <linux/unistd.h>
25 #include <linux/kmod.h>
26 #include <linux/slab.h>
27 #include <linux/completion.h>
28 #include <linux/file.h>
29 #include <linux/fdtable.h>
30 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
31 #include <linux/security.h>
32 #include <linux/mount.h>
33 #include <linux/kernel.h>
34 #include <linux/init.h>
35 #include <linux/resource.h>
36 #include <linux/notifier.h>
37 #include <linux/suspend.h>
38 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
40 extern int max_threads
;
42 static struct workqueue_struct
*khelper_wq
;
47 modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys.
49 char modprobe_path
[KMOD_PATH_LEN
] = "/sbin/modprobe";
52 * __request_module - try to load a kernel module
53 * @wait: wait (or not) for the operation to complete
54 * @fmt: printf style format string for the name of the module
55 * @...: arguments as specified in the format string
57 * Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns
58 * zero on success or a negative errno code on failure. Note that a
59 * successful module load does not mean the module did not then unload
60 * and exit on an error of its own. Callers must check that the service
61 * they requested is now available not blindly invoke it.
63 * If module auto-loading support is disabled then this function
64 * becomes a no-operation.
66 int __request_module(bool wait
, const char *fmt
, ...)
69 char module_name
[MODULE_NAME_LEN
];
70 unsigned int max_modprobes
;
72 char *argv
[] = { modprobe_path
, "-q", "--", module_name
, NULL
};
73 static char *envp
[] = { "HOME=/",
75 "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
77 static atomic_t kmod_concurrent
= ATOMIC_INIT(0);
78 #define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50 /* Completely arbitrary value - KAO */
79 static int kmod_loop_msg
;
82 ret
= vsnprintf(module_name
, MODULE_NAME_LEN
, fmt
, args
);
84 if (ret
>= MODULE_NAME_LEN
)
87 /* If modprobe needs a service that is in a module, we get a recursive
88 * loop. Limit the number of running kmod threads to max_threads/2 or
89 * MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT, whichever is the smaller. A cleaner method
90 * would be to run the parents of this process, counting how many times
91 * kmod was invoked. That would mean accessing the internals of the
92 * process tables to get the command line, proc_pid_cmdline is static
93 * and it is not worth changing the proc code just to handle this case.
96 * "trace the ppid" is simple, but will fail if someone's
97 * parent exits. I think this is as good as it gets. --RR
99 max_modprobes
= min(max_threads
/2, MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
);
100 atomic_inc(&kmod_concurrent
);
101 if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent
) > max_modprobes
) {
102 /* We may be blaming an innocent here, but unlikely */
103 if (kmod_loop_msg
++ < 5)
105 "request_module: runaway loop modprobe %s\n",
107 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
111 ret
= call_usermodehelper(modprobe_path
, argv
, envp
,
112 wait
? UMH_WAIT_PROC
: UMH_WAIT_EXEC
);
113 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
116 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__request_module
);
117 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
119 struct subprocess_info
{
120 struct work_struct work
;
121 struct completion
*complete
;
129 void (*cleanup
)(char **argv
, char **envp
);
133 * This is the task which runs the usermode application
135 static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data
)
137 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
= data
;
140 BUG_ON(atomic_read(&sub_info
->cred
->usage
) != 1);
142 /* Unblock all signals */
143 spin_lock_irq(¤t
->sighand
->siglock
);
144 flush_signal_handlers(current
, 1);
145 sigemptyset(¤t
->blocked
);
147 spin_unlock_irq(¤t
->sighand
->siglock
);
149 /* Install the credentials */
150 commit_creds(sub_info
->cred
);
151 sub_info
->cred
= NULL
;
153 /* Install input pipe when needed */
154 if (sub_info
->stdin
) {
155 struct files_struct
*f
= current
->files
;
157 /* no races because files should be private here */
159 fd_install(0, sub_info
->stdin
);
160 spin_lock(&f
->file_lock
);
161 fdt
= files_fdtable(f
);
162 FD_SET(0, fdt
->open_fds
);
163 FD_CLR(0, fdt
->close_on_exec
);
164 spin_unlock(&f
->file_lock
);
166 /* and disallow core files too */
167 current
->signal
->rlim
[RLIMIT_CORE
] = (struct rlimit
){0, 0};
170 /* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
171 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current
, cpu_all_mask
);
174 * Our parent is keventd, which runs with elevated scheduling priority.
175 * Avoid propagating that into the userspace child.
177 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
179 retval
= kernel_execve(sub_info
->path
, sub_info
->argv
, sub_info
->envp
);
182 sub_info
->retval
= retval
;
186 void call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(struct subprocess_info
*info
)
189 (*info
->cleanup
)(info
->argv
, info
->envp
);
191 put_cred(info
->cred
);
194 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_freeinfo
);
196 /* Keventd can't block, but this (a child) can. */
197 static int wait_for_helper(void *data
)
199 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
= data
;
202 /* Install a handler: if SIGCLD isn't handled sys_wait4 won't
203 * populate the status, but will return -ECHILD. */
204 allow_signal(SIGCHLD
);
206 pid
= kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper
, sub_info
, SIGCHLD
);
208 sub_info
->retval
= pid
;
213 * Normally it is bogus to call wait4() from in-kernel because
214 * wait4() wants to write the exit code to a userspace address.
215 * But wait_for_helper() always runs as keventd, and put_user()
216 * to a kernel address works OK for kernel threads, due to their
217 * having an mm_segment_t which spans the entire address space.
219 * Thus the __user pointer cast is valid here.
221 sys_wait4(pid
, (int __user
*)&ret
, 0, NULL
);
224 * If ret is 0, either ____call_usermodehelper failed and the
225 * real error code is already in sub_info->retval or
226 * sub_info->retval is 0 anyway, so don't mess with it then.
229 sub_info
->retval
= ret
;
232 if (sub_info
->wait
== UMH_NO_WAIT
)
233 call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info
);
235 complete(sub_info
->complete
);
239 /* This is run by khelper thread */
240 static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct
*work
)
242 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
=
243 container_of(work
, struct subprocess_info
, work
);
245 enum umh_wait wait
= sub_info
->wait
;
247 BUG_ON(atomic_read(&sub_info
->cred
->usage
) != 1);
249 /* CLONE_VFORK: wait until the usermode helper has execve'd
250 * successfully We need the data structures to stay around
251 * until that is done. */
252 if (wait
== UMH_WAIT_PROC
|| wait
== UMH_NO_WAIT
)
253 pid
= kernel_thread(wait_for_helper
, sub_info
,
254 CLONE_FS
| CLONE_FILES
| SIGCHLD
);
256 pid
= kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper
, sub_info
,
257 CLONE_VFORK
| SIGCHLD
);
266 sub_info
->retval
= pid
;
270 complete(sub_info
->complete
);
274 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
276 * If set, call_usermodehelper_exec() will exit immediately returning -EBUSY
277 * (used for preventing user land processes from being created after the user
278 * land has been frozen during a system-wide hibernation or suspend operation).
280 static int usermodehelper_disabled
;
282 /* Number of helpers running */
283 static atomic_t running_helpers
= ATOMIC_INIT(0);
286 * Wait queue head used by usermodehelper_pm_callback() to wait for all running
289 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(running_helpers_waitq
);
292 * Time to wait for running_helpers to become zero before the setting of
293 * usermodehelper_disabled in usermodehelper_pm_callback() fails
295 #define RUNNING_HELPERS_TIMEOUT (5 * HZ)
298 * usermodehelper_disable - prevent new helpers from being started
300 int usermodehelper_disable(void)
304 usermodehelper_disabled
= 1;
307 * From now on call_usermodehelper_exec() won't start any new
308 * helpers, so it is sufficient if running_helpers turns out to
309 * be zero at one point (it may be increased later, but that
312 retval
= wait_event_timeout(running_helpers_waitq
,
313 atomic_read(&running_helpers
) == 0,
314 RUNNING_HELPERS_TIMEOUT
);
318 usermodehelper_disabled
= 0;
323 * usermodehelper_enable - allow new helpers to be started again
325 void usermodehelper_enable(void)
327 usermodehelper_disabled
= 0;
330 static void helper_lock(void)
332 atomic_inc(&running_helpers
);
333 smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
336 static void helper_unlock(void)
338 if (atomic_dec_and_test(&running_helpers
))
339 wake_up(&running_helpers_waitq
);
341 #else /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
342 #define usermodehelper_disabled 0
344 static inline void helper_lock(void) {}
345 static inline void helper_unlock(void) {}
346 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
349 * call_usermodehelper_setup - prepare to call a usermode helper
350 * @path: path to usermode executable
351 * @argv: arg vector for process
352 * @envp: environment for process
353 * @gfp_mask: gfp mask for memory allocation
355 * Returns either %NULL on allocation failure, or a subprocess_info
356 * structure. This should be passed to call_usermodehelper_exec to
357 * exec the process and free the structure.
359 struct subprocess_info
*call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path
, char **argv
,
360 char **envp
, gfp_t gfp_mask
)
362 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
;
363 sub_info
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct subprocess_info
), gfp_mask
);
367 INIT_WORK(&sub_info
->work
, __call_usermodehelper
);
368 sub_info
->path
= path
;
369 sub_info
->argv
= argv
;
370 sub_info
->envp
= envp
;
371 sub_info
->cred
= prepare_usermodehelper_creds();
372 if (!sub_info
->cred
) {
380 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setup
);
383 * call_usermodehelper_setkeys - set the session keys for usermode helper
384 * @info: a subprocess_info returned by call_usermodehelper_setup
385 * @session_keyring: the session keyring for the process
387 void call_usermodehelper_setkeys(struct subprocess_info
*info
,
388 struct key
*session_keyring
)
391 struct thread_group_cred
*tgcred
= info
->cred
->tgcred
;
392 key_put(tgcred
->session_keyring
);
393 tgcred
->session_keyring
= key_get(session_keyring
);
398 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setkeys
);
401 * call_usermodehelper_setcleanup - set a cleanup function
402 * @info: a subprocess_info returned by call_usermodehelper_setup
403 * @cleanup: a cleanup function
405 * The cleanup function is just befor ethe subprocess_info is about to
406 * be freed. This can be used for freeing the argv and envp. The
407 * Function must be runnable in either a process context or the
408 * context in which call_usermodehelper_exec is called.
410 void call_usermodehelper_setcleanup(struct subprocess_info
*info
,
411 void (*cleanup
)(char **argv
, char **envp
))
413 info
->cleanup
= cleanup
;
415 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setcleanup
);
418 * call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe - set up a pipe to be used for stdin
419 * @sub_info: a subprocess_info returned by call_usermodehelper_setup
420 * @filp: set to the write-end of a pipe
422 * This constructs a pipe, and sets the read end to be the stdin of the
423 * subprocess, and returns the write-end in *@filp.
425 int call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe(struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
,
430 f
= create_write_pipe(0);
435 f
= create_read_pipe(f
, 0);
437 free_write_pipe(*filp
);
444 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe
);
447 * call_usermodehelper_exec - start a usermode application
448 * @sub_info: information about the subprocessa
449 * @wait: wait for the application to finish and return status.
450 * when -1 don't wait at all, but you get no useful error back when
451 * the program couldn't be exec'ed. This makes it safe to call
452 * from interrupt context.
454 * Runs a user-space application. The application is started
455 * asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of keventd.
456 * (ie. it runs with full root capabilities).
458 int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
,
461 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
464 BUG_ON(atomic_read(&sub_info
->cred
->usage
) != 1);
467 if (sub_info
->path
[0] == '\0')
470 if (!khelper_wq
|| usermodehelper_disabled
) {
475 sub_info
->complete
= &done
;
476 sub_info
->wait
= wait
;
478 queue_work(khelper_wq
, &sub_info
->work
);
479 if (wait
== UMH_NO_WAIT
) /* task has freed sub_info */
481 wait_for_completion(&done
);
482 retval
= sub_info
->retval
;
485 call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info
);
490 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_exec
);
493 * call_usermodehelper_pipe - call a usermode helper process with a pipe stdin
494 * @path: path to usermode executable
495 * @argv: arg vector for process
496 * @envp: environment for process
497 * @filp: set to the write-end of a pipe
499 * This is a simple wrapper which executes a usermode-helper function
500 * with a pipe as stdin. It is implemented entirely in terms of
501 * lower-level call_usermodehelper_* functions.
503 int call_usermodehelper_pipe(char *path
, char **argv
, char **envp
,
506 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
;
509 sub_info
= call_usermodehelper_setup(path
, argv
, envp
, GFP_KERNEL
);
510 if (sub_info
== NULL
)
513 ret
= call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe(sub_info
, filp
);
517 return call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info
, UMH_WAIT_EXEC
);
520 call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info
);
523 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_pipe
);
525 void __init
usermodehelper_init(void)
527 khelper_wq
= create_singlethread_workqueue("khelper");