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1 /*
2 kmod, the new module loader (replaces kerneld)
3 Kirk Petersen
5 Reorganized not to be a daemon by Adam Richter, with guidance
6 from Greg Zornetzer.
8 Modified to avoid chroot and file sharing problems.
9 Mikael Pettersson
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
16 #define __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__
18 #include <linux/config.h>
19 #include <linux/sched.h>
20 #include <linux/unistd.h>
21 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
23 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
26 modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys.
28 char modprobe_path[256] = "/sbin/modprobe";
30 extern int max_threads;
32 static inline void
33 use_init_fs_context(void)
35 struct fs_struct *our_fs, *init_fs;
36 struct dentry *root, *pwd;
37 struct vfsmount *rootmnt, *pwdmnt;
40 * Make modprobe's fs context be a copy of init's.
42 * We cannot use the user's fs context, because it
43 * may have a different root than init.
44 * Since init was created with CLONE_FS, we can grab
45 * its fs context from "init_task".
47 * The fs context has to be a copy. If it is shared
48 * with init, then any chdir() call in modprobe will
49 * also affect init and the other threads sharing
50 * init_task's fs context.
52 * We created the exec_modprobe thread without CLONE_FS,
53 * so we can update the fields in our fs context freely.
56 init_fs = init_task.fs;
57 read_lock(&init_fs->lock);
58 rootmnt = mntget(init_fs->rootmnt);
59 root = dget(init_fs->root);
60 pwdmnt = mntget(init_fs->pwdmnt);
61 pwd = dget(init_fs->pwd);
62 read_unlock(&init_fs->lock);
64 /* FIXME - unsafe ->fs access */
65 our_fs = current->fs;
66 our_fs->umask = init_fs->umask;
67 set_fs_root(our_fs, rootmnt, root);
68 set_fs_pwd(our_fs, pwdmnt, pwd);
69 write_lock(&our_fs->lock);
70 if (our_fs->altroot) {
71 struct vfsmount *mnt = our_fs->altrootmnt;
72 struct dentry *dentry = our_fs->altroot;
73 our_fs->altrootmnt = NULL;
74 our_fs->altroot = NULL;
75 write_unlock(&our_fs->lock);
76 dput(dentry);
77 mntput(mnt);
78 } else
79 write_unlock(&our_fs->lock);
80 dput(root);
81 mntput(rootmnt);
82 dput(pwd);
83 mntput(pwdmnt);
86 int exec_usermodehelper(char *program_path, char *argv[], char *envp[])
88 int i;
90 current->session = 1;
91 current->pgrp = 1;
93 use_init_fs_context();
95 /* Prevent parent user process from sending signals to child.
96 Otherwise, if the modprobe program does not exist, it might
97 be possible to get a user defined signal handler to execute
98 as the super user right after the execve fails if you time
99 the signal just right.
101 spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
102 flush_signals(current);
103 flush_signal_handlers(current);
104 spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
106 for (i = 0; i < current->files->max_fds; i++ ) {
107 if (current->files->fd[i]) close(i);
110 /* Drop the "current user" thing */
112 struct user_struct *user = current->user;
113 current->user = INIT_USER;
114 atomic_inc(&current->user->__count);
115 free_uid(user);
118 /* Give kmod all effective privileges.. */
119 current->uid = current->euid = current->fsuid = 0;
120 cap_set_full(current->cap_effective);
122 /* Allow execve args to be in kernel space. */
123 set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
125 /* Go, go, go... */
126 if (execve(program_path, argv, envp) < 0)
127 return -errno;
128 return 0;
131 static int exec_modprobe(void * module_name)
133 static char * envp[] = { "HOME=/", "TERM=linux", "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin", NULL };
134 char *argv[] = { modprobe_path, "-s", "-k", (char*)module_name, NULL };
135 int ret;
137 ret = exec_usermodehelper(modprobe_path, argv, envp);
138 if (ret) {
139 printk(KERN_ERR
140 "kmod: failed to exec %s -s -k %s, errno = %d\n",
141 modprobe_path, (char*) module_name, errno);
143 return ret;
147 * request_module - try to load a kernel module
148 * @module_name: Name of module
150 * Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns
151 * zero on success or a negative errno code on failure. Note that a
152 * successful module load does not mean the module did not then unload
153 * and exit on an error of its own. Callers must check that the service
154 * they requested is now available not blindly invoke it.
156 * If module auto-loading support is disabled then this function
157 * becomes a no-operation.
160 int request_module(const char * module_name)
162 int pid;
163 int waitpid_result;
164 sigset_t tmpsig;
165 int i;
166 static atomic_t kmod_concurrent = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
167 #define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50 /* Completely arbitrary value - KAO */
168 static int kmod_loop_msg;
170 /* Don't allow request_module() before the root fs is mounted! */
171 if ( ! current->fs->root ) {
172 printk(KERN_ERR "request_module[%s]: Root fs not mounted\n",
173 module_name);
174 return -EPERM;
177 /* If modprobe needs a service that is in a module, we get a recursive
178 * loop. Limit the number of running kmod threads to max_threads/2 or
179 * MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT, whichever is the smaller. A cleaner method
180 * would be to run the parents of this process, counting how many times
181 * kmod was invoked. That would mean accessing the internals of the
182 * process tables to get the command line, proc_pid_cmdline is static
183 * and it is not worth changing the proc code just to handle this case.
184 * KAO.
186 i = max_threads/2;
187 if (i > MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT)
188 i = MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT;
189 atomic_inc(&kmod_concurrent);
190 if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent) > i) {
191 if (kmod_loop_msg++ < 5)
192 printk(KERN_ERR
193 "kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped\n");
194 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);
195 return -ENOMEM;
198 pid = kernel_thread(exec_modprobe, (void*) module_name, 0);
199 if (pid < 0) {
200 printk(KERN_ERR "request_module[%s]: fork failed, errno %d\n", module_name, -pid);
201 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);
202 return pid;
205 /* Block everything but SIGKILL/SIGSTOP */
206 spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
207 tmpsig = current->blocked;
208 siginitsetinv(&current->blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP));
209 recalc_sigpending(current);
210 spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
212 waitpid_result = waitpid(pid, NULL, __WCLONE);
213 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);
215 /* Allow signals again.. */
216 spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
217 current->blocked = tmpsig;
218 recalc_sigpending(current);
219 spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
221 if (waitpid_result != pid) {
222 printk(KERN_ERR "request_module[%s]: waitpid(%d,...) failed, errno %d\n",
223 module_name, pid, -waitpid_result);
225 return 0;
229 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
231 hotplug path is set via /proc/sys
232 invoked by hotplug-aware bus drivers,
233 with exec_usermodehelper and some thread-spawner
235 argv [0] = hotplug_path;
236 argv [1] = "usb", "scsi", "pci", "network", etc;
237 ... plus optional type-specific parameters
238 argv [n] = 0;
240 envp [*] = HOME, PATH; optional type-specific parameters
242 a hotplug bus should invoke this for device add/remove
243 events. the command is expected to load drivers when
244 necessary, and may perform additional system setup.
246 char hotplug_path[256] = "/sbin/hotplug";
248 #endif