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/smp_lock.h>
27 #include <linux/slab.h>
28 #include <linux/namespace.h>
29 #include <linux/completion.h>
30 #include <linux/file.h>
31 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
32 #include <linux/security.h>
33 #include <linux/mount.h>
34 #include <linux/kernel.h>
35 #include <linux/init.h>
36 #include <linux/resource.h>
37 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
39 extern int max_threads
;
41 static struct workqueue_struct
*khelper_wq
;
46 modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys.
48 char modprobe_path
[KMOD_PATH_LEN
] = "/sbin/modprobe";
51 * request_module - try to load a kernel module
52 * @fmt: printf style format string for the name of the module
53 * @varargs: arguements as specified in the format string
55 * Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns
56 * zero on success or a negative errno code on failure. Note that a
57 * successful module load does not mean the module did not then unload
58 * and exit on an error of its own. Callers must check that the service
59 * they requested is now available not blindly invoke it.
61 * If module auto-loading support is disabled then this function
62 * becomes a no-operation.
64 int request_module(const char *fmt
, ...)
67 char module_name
[MODULE_NAME_LEN
];
68 unsigned int max_modprobes
;
70 char *argv
[] = { modprobe_path
, "-q", "--", module_name
, NULL
};
71 static char *envp
[] = { "HOME=/",
73 "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
75 static atomic_t kmod_concurrent
= ATOMIC_INIT(0);
76 #define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50 /* Completely arbitrary value - KAO */
77 static int kmod_loop_msg
;
80 ret
= vsnprintf(module_name
, MODULE_NAME_LEN
, fmt
, args
);
82 if (ret
>= MODULE_NAME_LEN
)
85 /* If modprobe needs a service that is in a module, we get a recursive
86 * loop. Limit the number of running kmod threads to max_threads/2 or
87 * MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT, whichever is the smaller. A cleaner method
88 * would be to run the parents of this process, counting how many times
89 * kmod was invoked. That would mean accessing the internals of the
90 * process tables to get the command line, proc_pid_cmdline is static
91 * and it is not worth changing the proc code just to handle this case.
94 * "trace the ppid" is simple, but will fail if someone's
95 * parent exits. I think this is as good as it gets. --RR
97 max_modprobes
= min(max_threads
/2, MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
);
98 atomic_inc(&kmod_concurrent
);
99 if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent
) > max_modprobes
) {
100 /* We may be blaming an innocent here, but unlikely */
101 if (kmod_loop_msg
++ < 5)
103 "request_module: runaway loop modprobe %s\n",
105 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
109 ret
= call_usermodehelper(modprobe_path
, argv
, envp
, 1);
110 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
113 EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_module
);
114 #endif /* CONFIG_KMOD */
116 struct subprocess_info
{
117 struct completion
*complete
;
128 * This is the task which runs the usermode application
130 static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data
)
132 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
= data
;
133 struct key
*new_session
, *old_session
;
136 /* Unblock all signals and set the session keyring. */
137 new_session
= key_get(sub_info
->ring
);
138 flush_signals(current
);
139 spin_lock_irq(¤t
->sighand
->siglock
);
140 old_session
= __install_session_keyring(current
, new_session
);
141 flush_signal_handlers(current
, 1);
142 sigemptyset(¤t
->blocked
);
144 spin_unlock_irq(¤t
->sighand
->siglock
);
146 key_put(old_session
);
148 /* Install input pipe when needed */
149 if (sub_info
->stdin
) {
150 struct files_struct
*f
= current
->files
;
152 /* no races because files should be private here */
154 fd_install(0, sub_info
->stdin
);
155 spin_lock(&f
->file_lock
);
156 fdt
= files_fdtable(f
);
157 FD_SET(0, fdt
->open_fds
);
158 FD_CLR(0, fdt
->close_on_exec
);
159 spin_unlock(&f
->file_lock
);
161 /* and disallow core files too */
162 current
->signal
->rlim
[RLIMIT_CORE
] = (struct rlimit
){0, 0};
165 /* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
166 set_cpus_allowed(current
, CPU_MASK_ALL
);
169 if (current
->fs
->root
)
170 retval
= kernel_execve(sub_info
->path
,
171 sub_info
->argv
, sub_info
->envp
);
174 sub_info
->retval
= retval
;
178 /* Keventd can't block, but this (a child) can. */
179 static int wait_for_helper(void *data
)
181 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
= data
;
183 struct k_sigaction sa
;
185 /* Install a handler: if SIGCLD isn't handled sys_wait4 won't
186 * populate the status, but will return -ECHILD. */
187 sa
.sa
.sa_handler
= SIG_IGN
;
189 siginitset(&sa
.sa
.sa_mask
, sigmask(SIGCHLD
));
190 do_sigaction(SIGCHLD
, &sa
, NULL
);
191 allow_signal(SIGCHLD
);
193 pid
= kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper
, sub_info
, SIGCHLD
);
195 sub_info
->retval
= pid
;
200 * Normally it is bogus to call wait4() from in-kernel because
201 * wait4() wants to write the exit code to a userspace address.
202 * But wait_for_helper() always runs as keventd, and put_user()
203 * to a kernel address works OK for kernel threads, due to their
204 * having an mm_segment_t which spans the entire address space.
206 * Thus the __user pointer cast is valid here.
208 sys_wait4(pid
, (int __user
*)&ret
, 0, NULL
);
211 * If ret is 0, either ____call_usermodehelper failed and the
212 * real error code is already in sub_info->retval or
213 * sub_info->retval is 0 anyway, so don't mess with it then.
216 sub_info
->retval
= ret
;
219 complete(sub_info
->complete
);
223 /* This is run by khelper thread */
224 static void __call_usermodehelper(void *data
)
226 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
= data
;
228 int wait
= sub_info
->wait
;
230 /* CLONE_VFORK: wait until the usermode helper has execve'd
231 * successfully We need the data structures to stay around
232 * until that is done. */
234 pid
= kernel_thread(wait_for_helper
, sub_info
,
235 CLONE_FS
| CLONE_FILES
| SIGCHLD
);
237 pid
= kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper
, sub_info
,
238 CLONE_VFORK
| SIGCHLD
);
241 sub_info
->retval
= pid
;
242 complete(sub_info
->complete
);
244 complete(sub_info
->complete
);
248 * call_usermodehelper_keys - start a usermode application
249 * @path: pathname for the application
250 * @argv: null-terminated argument list
251 * @envp: null-terminated environment list
252 * @session_keyring: session keyring for process (NULL for an empty keyring)
253 * @wait: wait for the application to finish and return status.
255 * Runs a user-space application. The application is started
256 * asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of keventd.
257 * (ie. it runs with full root capabilities).
259 * Must be called from process context. Returns a negative error code
260 * if program was not execed successfully, or 0.
262 int call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path
, char **argv
, char **envp
,
263 struct key
*session_keyring
, int wait
)
265 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
266 struct subprocess_info sub_info
= {
271 .ring
= session_keyring
,
275 DECLARE_WORK(work
, __call_usermodehelper
, &sub_info
);
283 queue_work(khelper_wq
, &work
);
284 wait_for_completion(&done
);
285 return sub_info
.retval
;
287 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_keys
);
289 int call_usermodehelper_pipe(char *path
, char **argv
, char **envp
,
292 DECLARE_COMPLETION(done
);
293 struct subprocess_info sub_info
= {
301 DECLARE_WORK(work
, __call_usermodehelper
, &sub_info
);
309 f
= create_write_pipe();
314 f
= create_read_pipe(f
);
316 free_write_pipe(*filp
);
321 queue_work(khelper_wq
, &work
);
322 wait_for_completion(&done
);
323 return sub_info
.retval
;
325 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_pipe
);
327 void __init
usermodehelper_init(void)
329 khelper_wq
= create_singlethread_workqueue("khelper");