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/mnt_namespace.h>
28 #include <linux/completion.h>
29 #include <linux/file.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 * @fmt: printf style format string for the name of the module
54 * @varargs: arguements as specified in the format string
56 * Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns
57 * zero on success or a negative errno code on failure. Note that a
58 * successful module load does not mean the module did not then unload
59 * and exit on an error of its own. Callers must check that the service
60 * they requested is now available not blindly invoke it.
62 * If module auto-loading support is disabled then this function
63 * becomes a no-operation.
65 int request_module(const char *fmt
, ...)
68 char module_name
[MODULE_NAME_LEN
];
69 unsigned int max_modprobes
;
71 char *argv
[] = { modprobe_path
, "-q", "--", module_name
, NULL
};
72 static char *envp
[] = { "HOME=/",
74 "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
76 static atomic_t kmod_concurrent
= ATOMIC_INIT(0);
77 #define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50 /* Completely arbitrary value - KAO */
78 static int kmod_loop_msg
;
81 ret
= vsnprintf(module_name
, MODULE_NAME_LEN
, fmt
, args
);
83 if (ret
>= MODULE_NAME_LEN
)
86 /* If modprobe needs a service that is in a module, we get a recursive
87 * loop. Limit the number of running kmod threads to max_threads/2 or
88 * MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT, whichever is the smaller. A cleaner method
89 * would be to run the parents of this process, counting how many times
90 * kmod was invoked. That would mean accessing the internals of the
91 * process tables to get the command line, proc_pid_cmdline is static
92 * and it is not worth changing the proc code just to handle this case.
95 * "trace the ppid" is simple, but will fail if someone's
96 * parent exits. I think this is as good as it gets. --RR
98 max_modprobes
= min(max_threads
/2, MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
);
99 atomic_inc(&kmod_concurrent
);
100 if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent
) > max_modprobes
) {
101 /* We may be blaming an innocent here, but unlikely */
102 if (kmod_loop_msg
++ < 5)
104 "request_module: runaway loop modprobe %s\n",
106 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
110 ret
= call_usermodehelper(modprobe_path
, argv
, envp
, 1);
111 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
114 EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_module
);
115 #endif /* CONFIG_KMOD */
117 struct subprocess_info
{
118 struct work_struct work
;
119 struct completion
*complete
;
127 void (*cleanup
)(char **argv
, char **envp
);
131 * This is the task which runs the usermode application
133 static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data
)
135 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
= data
;
136 struct key
*new_session
, *old_session
;
139 /* Unblock all signals and set the session keyring. */
140 new_session
= key_get(sub_info
->ring
);
141 spin_lock_irq(¤t
->sighand
->siglock
);
142 old_session
= __install_session_keyring(current
, new_session
);
143 flush_signal_handlers(current
, 1);
144 sigemptyset(¤t
->blocked
);
146 spin_unlock_irq(¤t
->sighand
->siglock
);
148 key_put(old_session
);
150 /* Install input pipe when needed */
151 if (sub_info
->stdin
) {
152 struct files_struct
*f
= current
->files
;
154 /* no races because files should be private here */
156 fd_install(0, sub_info
->stdin
);
157 spin_lock(&f
->file_lock
);
158 fdt
= files_fdtable(f
);
159 FD_SET(0, fdt
->open_fds
);
160 FD_CLR(0, fdt
->close_on_exec
);
161 spin_unlock(&f
->file_lock
);
163 /* and disallow core files too */
164 current
->signal
->rlim
[RLIMIT_CORE
] = (struct rlimit
){0, 0};
167 /* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
168 set_cpus_allowed(current
, CPU_MASK_ALL
);
171 * Our parent is keventd, which runs with elevated scheduling priority.
172 * Avoid propagating that into the userspace child.
174 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
177 if (current
->fs
->root
)
178 retval
= kernel_execve(sub_info
->path
,
179 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
);
192 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_freeinfo
);
194 /* Keventd can't block, but this (a child) can. */
195 static int wait_for_helper(void *data
)
197 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
= data
;
200 /* Install a handler: if SIGCLD isn't handled sys_wait4 won't
201 * populate the status, but will return -ECHILD. */
202 allow_signal(SIGCHLD
);
204 pid
= kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper
, sub_info
, SIGCHLD
);
206 sub_info
->retval
= pid
;
211 * Normally it is bogus to call wait4() from in-kernel because
212 * wait4() wants to write the exit code to a userspace address.
213 * But wait_for_helper() always runs as keventd, and put_user()
214 * to a kernel address works OK for kernel threads, due to their
215 * having an mm_segment_t which spans the entire address space.
217 * Thus the __user pointer cast is valid here.
219 sys_wait4(pid
, (int __user
*)&ret
, 0, NULL
);
222 * If ret is 0, either ____call_usermodehelper failed and the
223 * real error code is already in sub_info->retval or
224 * sub_info->retval is 0 anyway, so don't mess with it then.
227 sub_info
->retval
= ret
;
230 if (sub_info
->wait
== UMH_NO_WAIT
)
231 call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info
);
233 complete(sub_info
->complete
);
237 /* This is run by khelper thread */
238 static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct
*work
)
240 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
=
241 container_of(work
, struct subprocess_info
, work
);
243 enum umh_wait wait
= sub_info
->wait
;
245 /* CLONE_VFORK: wait until the usermode helper has execve'd
246 * successfully We need the data structures to stay around
247 * until that is done. */
248 if (wait
== UMH_WAIT_PROC
|| wait
== UMH_NO_WAIT
)
249 pid
= kernel_thread(wait_for_helper
, sub_info
,
250 CLONE_FS
| CLONE_FILES
| SIGCHLD
);
252 pid
= kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper
, sub_info
,
253 CLONE_VFORK
| SIGCHLD
);
262 sub_info
->retval
= pid
;
266 complete(sub_info
->complete
);
272 * If set, call_usermodehelper_exec() will exit immediately returning -EBUSY
273 * (used for preventing user land processes from being created after the user
274 * land has been frozen during a system-wide hibernation or suspend operation).
276 static int usermodehelper_disabled
;
278 /* Number of helpers running */
279 static atomic_t running_helpers
= ATOMIC_INIT(0);
282 * Wait queue head used by usermodehelper_pm_callback() to wait for all running
285 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(running_helpers_waitq
);
288 * Time to wait for running_helpers to become zero before the setting of
289 * usermodehelper_disabled in usermodehelper_pm_callback() fails
291 #define RUNNING_HELPERS_TIMEOUT (5 * HZ)
293 static int usermodehelper_pm_callback(struct notifier_block
*nfb
,
294 unsigned long action
,
300 case PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE
:
301 case PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE
:
302 usermodehelper_disabled
= 1;
305 * From now on call_usermodehelper_exec() won't start any new
306 * helpers, so it is sufficient if running_helpers turns out to
307 * be zero at one point (it may be increased later, but that
310 retval
= wait_event_timeout(running_helpers_waitq
,
311 atomic_read(&running_helpers
) == 0,
312 RUNNING_HELPERS_TIMEOUT
);
316 usermodehelper_disabled
= 0;
319 case PM_POST_HIBERNATION
:
320 case PM_POST_SUSPEND
:
321 usermodehelper_disabled
= 0;
328 static void helper_lock(void)
330 atomic_inc(&running_helpers
);
331 smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
334 static void helper_unlock(void)
336 if (atomic_dec_and_test(&running_helpers
))
337 wake_up(&running_helpers_waitq
);
340 static void register_pm_notifier_callback(void)
342 pm_notifier(usermodehelper_pm_callback
, 0);
344 #else /* CONFIG_PM */
345 #define usermodehelper_disabled 0
347 static inline void helper_lock(void) {}
348 static inline void helper_unlock(void) {}
349 static inline void register_pm_notifier_callback(void) {}
350 #endif /* CONFIG_PM */
353 * call_usermodehelper_setup - prepare to call a usermode helper
354 * @path - path to usermode executable
355 * @argv - arg vector for process
356 * @envp - environment for process
358 * Returns either NULL on allocation failure, or a subprocess_info
359 * structure. This should be passed to call_usermodehelper_exec to
360 * exec the process and free the structure.
362 struct subprocess_info
*call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path
,
363 char **argv
, char **envp
)
365 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
;
366 sub_info
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct subprocess_info
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
370 INIT_WORK(&sub_info
->work
, __call_usermodehelper
);
371 sub_info
->path
= path
;
372 sub_info
->argv
= argv
;
373 sub_info
->envp
= envp
;
378 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setup
);
381 * call_usermodehelper_setkeys - set the session keys for usermode helper
382 * @info: a subprocess_info returned by call_usermodehelper_setup
383 * @session_keyring: the session keyring for the process
385 void call_usermodehelper_setkeys(struct subprocess_info
*info
,
386 struct key
*session_keyring
)
388 info
->ring
= session_keyring
;
390 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setkeys
);
393 * call_usermodehelper_setcleanup - set a cleanup function
394 * @info: a subprocess_info returned by call_usermodehelper_setup
395 * @cleanup: a cleanup function
397 * The cleanup function is just befor ethe subprocess_info is about to
398 * be freed. This can be used for freeing the argv and envp. The
399 * Function must be runnable in either a process context or the
400 * context in which call_usermodehelper_exec is called.
402 void call_usermodehelper_setcleanup(struct subprocess_info
*info
,
403 void (*cleanup
)(char **argv
, char **envp
))
405 info
->cleanup
= cleanup
;
407 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setcleanup
);
410 * call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe - set up a pipe to be used for stdin
411 * @sub_info: a subprocess_info returned by call_usermodehelper_setup
412 * @filp: set to the write-end of a pipe
414 * This constructs a pipe, and sets the read end to be the stdin of the
415 * subprocess, and returns the write-end in *@filp.
417 int call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe(struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
,
422 f
= create_write_pipe();
427 f
= create_read_pipe(f
);
429 free_write_pipe(*filp
);
436 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe
);
439 * call_usermodehelper_exec - start a usermode application
440 * @sub_info: information about the subprocessa
441 * @wait: wait for the application to finish and return status.
442 * when -1 don't wait at all, but you get no useful error back when
443 * the program couldn't be exec'ed. This makes it safe to call
444 * from interrupt context.
446 * Runs a user-space application. The application is started
447 * asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of keventd.
448 * (ie. it runs with full root capabilities).
450 int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
,
453 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
457 if (sub_info
->path
[0] == '\0') {
462 if (!khelper_wq
|| usermodehelper_disabled
) {
467 sub_info
->complete
= &done
;
468 sub_info
->wait
= wait
;
470 queue_work(khelper_wq
, &sub_info
->work
);
471 if (wait
== UMH_NO_WAIT
) /* task has freed sub_info */
473 wait_for_completion(&done
);
474 retval
= sub_info
->retval
;
477 call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info
);
481 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_exec
);
484 * call_usermodehelper_pipe - call a usermode helper process with a pipe stdin
485 * @path: path to usermode executable
486 * @argv: arg vector for process
487 * @envp: environment for process
488 * @filp: set to the write-end of a pipe
490 * This is a simple wrapper which executes a usermode-helper function
491 * with a pipe as stdin. It is implemented entirely in terms of
492 * lower-level call_usermodehelper_* functions.
494 int call_usermodehelper_pipe(char *path
, char **argv
, char **envp
,
497 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
;
500 sub_info
= call_usermodehelper_setup(path
, argv
, envp
);
501 if (sub_info
== NULL
)
504 ret
= call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe(sub_info
, filp
);
508 return call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info
, 1);
511 call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info
);
514 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_pipe
);
516 void __init
usermodehelper_init(void)
518 khelper_wq
= create_singlethread_workqueue("khelper");
520 register_pm_notifier_callback();