ACPI: execute Notify() handlers on new thread
[linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git] / lib / kobject_uevent.c
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1 /*
2 * kernel userspace event delivery
4 * Copyright (C) 2004 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
5 * Copyright (C) 2004 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved.
6 * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM, Inc. All rights reserved.
8 * Licensed under the GNU GPL v2.
10 * Authors:
11 * Robert Love <rml@novell.com>
12 * Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
13 * Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
14 * Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
17 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
18 #include <linux/socket.h>
19 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
20 #include <linux/netlink.h>
21 #include <linux/string.h>
22 #include <linux/kobject.h>
23 #include <net/sock.h>
25 #define BUFFER_SIZE 2048 /* buffer for the variables */
26 #define NUM_ENVP 32 /* number of env pointers */
28 #if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET)
29 u64 uevent_seqnum;
30 char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
31 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
32 static struct sock *uevent_sock;
34 static char *action_to_string(enum kobject_action action)
36 switch (action) {
37 case KOBJ_ADD:
38 return "add";
39 case KOBJ_REMOVE:
40 return "remove";
41 case KOBJ_CHANGE:
42 return "change";
43 case KOBJ_MOUNT:
44 return "mount";
45 case KOBJ_UMOUNT:
46 return "umount";
47 case KOBJ_OFFLINE:
48 return "offline";
49 case KOBJ_ONLINE:
50 return "online";
51 default:
52 return NULL;
56 /**
57 * kobject_uevent - notify userspace by ending an uevent
59 * @action: action that is happening (usually KOBJ_ADD and KOBJ_REMOVE)
60 * @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
62 void kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
64 char **envp;
65 char *buffer;
66 char *scratch;
67 const char *action_string;
68 const char *devpath = NULL;
69 const char *subsystem;
70 struct kobject *top_kobj;
71 struct kset *kset;
72 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops;
73 u64 seq;
74 char *seq_buff;
75 int i = 0;
76 int retval;
78 pr_debug("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
80 action_string = action_to_string(action);
81 if (!action_string)
82 return;
84 /* search the kset we belong to */
85 top_kobj = kobj;
86 if (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent) {
87 do {
88 top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
89 } while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent);
91 if (!top_kobj->kset)
92 return;
94 kset = top_kobj->kset;
95 uevent_ops = kset->uevent_ops;
97 /* skip the event, if the filter returns zero. */
98 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->filter)
99 if (!uevent_ops->filter(kset, kobj))
100 return;
102 /* environment index */
103 envp = kzalloc(NUM_ENVP * sizeof (char *), GFP_KERNEL);
104 if (!envp)
105 return;
107 /* environment values */
108 buffer = kmalloc(BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
109 if (!buffer)
110 goto exit;
112 /* complete object path */
113 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
114 if (!devpath)
115 goto exit;
117 /* originating subsystem */
118 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->name)
119 subsystem = uevent_ops->name(kset, kobj);
120 else
121 subsystem = kobject_name(&kset->kobj);
123 /* event environemnt for helper process only */
124 envp[i++] = "HOME=/";
125 envp[i++] = "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin";
127 /* default keys */
128 scratch = buffer;
129 envp [i++] = scratch;
130 scratch += sprintf(scratch, "ACTION=%s", action_string) + 1;
131 envp [i++] = scratch;
132 scratch += sprintf (scratch, "DEVPATH=%s", devpath) + 1;
133 envp [i++] = scratch;
134 scratch += sprintf(scratch, "SUBSYSTEM=%s", subsystem) + 1;
136 /* just reserve the space, overwrite it after kset call has returned */
137 envp[i++] = seq_buff = scratch;
138 scratch += strlen("SEQNUM=18446744073709551616") + 1;
140 /* let the kset specific function add its stuff */
141 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->uevent) {
142 retval = uevent_ops->uevent(kset, kobj,
143 &envp[i], NUM_ENVP - i, scratch,
144 BUFFER_SIZE - (scratch - buffer));
145 if (retval) {
146 pr_debug ("%s - uevent() returned %d\n",
147 __FUNCTION__, retval);
148 goto exit;
152 /* we will send an event, request a new sequence number */
153 spin_lock(&sequence_lock);
154 seq = ++uevent_seqnum;
155 spin_unlock(&sequence_lock);
156 sprintf(seq_buff, "SEQNUM=%llu", (unsigned long long)seq);
158 /* send netlink message */
159 if (uevent_sock) {
160 struct sk_buff *skb;
161 size_t len;
163 /* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
164 len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
165 skb = alloc_skb(len + BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
166 if (skb) {
167 /* add header */
168 scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
169 sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
171 /* copy keys to our continuous event payload buffer */
172 for (i = 2; envp[i]; i++) {
173 len = strlen(envp[i]) + 1;
174 scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
175 strcpy(scratch, envp[i]);
178 NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
179 netlink_broadcast(uevent_sock, skb, 0, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
183 /* call uevent_helper, usually only enabled during early boot */
184 if (uevent_helper[0]) {
185 char *argv [3];
187 argv [0] = uevent_helper;
188 argv [1] = (char *)subsystem;
189 argv [2] = NULL;
190 call_usermodehelper (argv[0], argv, envp, 0);
193 exit:
194 kfree(devpath);
195 kfree(buffer);
196 kfree(envp);
197 return;
199 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent);
202 * add_uevent_var - helper for creating event variables
203 * @envp: Pointer to table of environment variables, as passed into
204 * uevent() method.
205 * @num_envp: Number of environment variable slots available, as
206 * passed into uevent() method.
207 * @cur_index: Pointer to current index into @envp. It should be
208 * initialized to 0 before the first call to add_uevent_var(),
209 * and will be incremented on success.
210 * @buffer: Pointer to buffer for environment variables, as passed
211 * into uevent() method.
212 * @buffer_size: Length of @buffer, as passed into uevent() method.
213 * @cur_len: Pointer to current length of space used in @buffer.
214 * Should be initialized to 0 before the first call to
215 * add_uevent_var(), and will be incremented on success.
216 * @format: Format for creating environment variable (of the form
217 * "XXX=%x") for snprintf().
219 * Returns 0 if environment variable was added successfully or -ENOMEM
220 * if no space was available.
222 int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
223 char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
224 const char *format, ...)
226 va_list args;
229 * We check against num_envp - 1 to make sure there is at
230 * least one slot left after we return, since kobject_uevent()
231 * needs to set the last slot to NULL.
233 if (*cur_index >= num_envp - 1)
234 return -ENOMEM;
236 envp[*cur_index] = buffer + *cur_len;
238 va_start(args, format);
239 *cur_len += vsnprintf(envp[*cur_index],
240 max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
241 format, args) + 1;
242 va_end(args);
244 if (*cur_len > buffer_size)
245 return -ENOMEM;
247 (*cur_index)++;
248 return 0;
250 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_uevent_var);
252 static int __init kobject_uevent_init(void)
254 uevent_sock = netlink_kernel_create(NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT, 1, NULL,
255 THIS_MODULE);
257 if (!uevent_sock) {
258 printk(KERN_ERR
259 "kobject_uevent: unable to create netlink socket!\n");
260 return -ENODEV;
263 return 0;
266 postcore_initcall(kobject_uevent_init);
268 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG */