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/fdtable.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 <linux/notifier.h>
38 #include <linux/suspend.h>
39 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
41 extern int max_threads
;
43 static struct workqueue_struct
*khelper_wq
;
48 modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys.
50 char modprobe_path
[KMOD_PATH_LEN
] = "/sbin/modprobe";
53 * request_module - try to load a kernel module
54 * @fmt: printf style format string for the name of the module
55 * @varargs: arguements 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(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
, 1);
112 atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent
);
115 EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_module
);
116 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
118 struct subprocess_info
{
119 struct work_struct work
;
120 struct completion
*complete
;
128 void (*cleanup
)(char **argv
, char **envp
);
132 * This is the task which runs the usermode application
134 static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data
)
136 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
= data
;
139 BUG_ON(atomic_read(&sub_info
->cred
->usage
) != 1);
141 /* Unblock all signals */
142 spin_lock_irq(¤t
->sighand
->siglock
);
143 flush_signal_handlers(current
, 1);
144 sigemptyset(¤t
->blocked
);
146 spin_unlock_irq(¤t
->sighand
->siglock
);
148 /* Install the credentials */
149 commit_creds(sub_info
->cred
);
150 sub_info
->cred
= NULL
;
152 /* Install input pipe when needed */
153 if (sub_info
->stdin
) {
154 struct files_struct
*f
= current
->files
;
156 /* no races because files should be private here */
158 fd_install(0, sub_info
->stdin
);
159 spin_lock(&f
->file_lock
);
160 fdt
= files_fdtable(f
);
161 FD_SET(0, fdt
->open_fds
);
162 FD_CLR(0, fdt
->close_on_exec
);
163 spin_unlock(&f
->file_lock
);
165 /* and disallow core files too */
166 current
->signal
->rlim
[RLIMIT_CORE
] = (struct rlimit
){0, 0};
169 /* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
170 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current
, CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR
);
173 * Our parent is keventd, which runs with elevated scheduling priority.
174 * Avoid propagating that into the userspace child.
176 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
178 retval
= kernel_execve(sub_info
->path
, sub_info
->argv
, sub_info
->envp
);
181 sub_info
->retval
= retval
;
185 void call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(struct subprocess_info
*info
)
188 (*info
->cleanup
)(info
->argv
, info
->envp
);
190 put_cred(info
->cred
);
193 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_freeinfo
);
195 /* Keventd can't block, but this (a child) can. */
196 static int wait_for_helper(void *data
)
198 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
= data
;
201 /* Install a handler: if SIGCLD isn't handled sys_wait4 won't
202 * populate the status, but will return -ECHILD. */
203 allow_signal(SIGCHLD
);
205 pid
= kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper
, sub_info
, SIGCHLD
);
207 sub_info
->retval
= pid
;
212 * Normally it is bogus to call wait4() from in-kernel because
213 * wait4() wants to write the exit code to a userspace address.
214 * But wait_for_helper() always runs as keventd, and put_user()
215 * to a kernel address works OK for kernel threads, due to their
216 * having an mm_segment_t which spans the entire address space.
218 * Thus the __user pointer cast is valid here.
220 sys_wait4(pid
, (int __user
*)&ret
, 0, NULL
);
223 * If ret is 0, either ____call_usermodehelper failed and the
224 * real error code is already in sub_info->retval or
225 * sub_info->retval is 0 anyway, so don't mess with it then.
228 sub_info
->retval
= ret
;
231 if (sub_info
->wait
== UMH_NO_WAIT
)
232 call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info
);
234 complete(sub_info
->complete
);
238 /* This is run by khelper thread */
239 static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct
*work
)
241 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
=
242 container_of(work
, struct subprocess_info
, work
);
244 enum umh_wait wait
= sub_info
->wait
;
246 BUG_ON(atomic_read(&sub_info
->cred
->usage
) != 1);
248 /* CLONE_VFORK: wait until the usermode helper has execve'd
249 * successfully We need the data structures to stay around
250 * until that is done. */
251 if (wait
== UMH_WAIT_PROC
|| wait
== UMH_NO_WAIT
)
252 pid
= kernel_thread(wait_for_helper
, sub_info
,
253 CLONE_FS
| CLONE_FILES
| SIGCHLD
);
255 pid
= kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper
, sub_info
,
256 CLONE_VFORK
| SIGCHLD
);
265 sub_info
->retval
= pid
;
269 complete(sub_info
->complete
);
273 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
275 * If set, call_usermodehelper_exec() will exit immediately returning -EBUSY
276 * (used for preventing user land processes from being created after the user
277 * land has been frozen during a system-wide hibernation or suspend operation).
279 static int usermodehelper_disabled
;
281 /* Number of helpers running */
282 static atomic_t running_helpers
= ATOMIC_INIT(0);
285 * Wait queue head used by usermodehelper_pm_callback() to wait for all running
288 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(running_helpers_waitq
);
291 * Time to wait for running_helpers to become zero before the setting of
292 * usermodehelper_disabled in usermodehelper_pm_callback() fails
294 #define RUNNING_HELPERS_TIMEOUT (5 * HZ)
297 * usermodehelper_disable - prevent new helpers from being started
299 int usermodehelper_disable(void)
303 usermodehelper_disabled
= 1;
306 * From now on call_usermodehelper_exec() won't start any new
307 * helpers, so it is sufficient if running_helpers turns out to
308 * be zero at one point (it may be increased later, but that
311 retval
= wait_event_timeout(running_helpers_waitq
,
312 atomic_read(&running_helpers
) == 0,
313 RUNNING_HELPERS_TIMEOUT
);
317 usermodehelper_disabled
= 0;
322 * usermodehelper_enable - allow new helpers to be started again
324 void usermodehelper_enable(void)
326 usermodehelper_disabled
= 0;
329 static void helper_lock(void)
331 atomic_inc(&running_helpers
);
332 smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
335 static void helper_unlock(void)
337 if (atomic_dec_and_test(&running_helpers
))
338 wake_up(&running_helpers_waitq
);
340 #else /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
341 #define usermodehelper_disabled 0
343 static inline void helper_lock(void) {}
344 static inline void helper_unlock(void) {}
345 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
348 * call_usermodehelper_setup - prepare to call a usermode helper
349 * @path: path to usermode executable
350 * @argv: arg vector for process
351 * @envp: environment for process
352 * @gfp_mask: gfp mask for memory allocation
354 * Returns either %NULL on allocation failure, or a subprocess_info
355 * structure. This should be passed to call_usermodehelper_exec to
356 * exec the process and free the structure.
358 struct subprocess_info
*call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path
, char **argv
,
359 char **envp
, gfp_t gfp_mask
)
361 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
;
362 sub_info
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct subprocess_info
), gfp_mask
);
366 INIT_WORK(&sub_info
->work
, __call_usermodehelper
);
367 sub_info
->path
= path
;
368 sub_info
->argv
= argv
;
369 sub_info
->envp
= envp
;
370 sub_info
->cred
= prepare_usermodehelper_creds();
377 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setup
);
380 * call_usermodehelper_setkeys - set the session keys for usermode helper
381 * @info: a subprocess_info returned by call_usermodehelper_setup
382 * @session_keyring: the session keyring for the process
384 void call_usermodehelper_setkeys(struct subprocess_info
*info
,
385 struct key
*session_keyring
)
388 struct thread_group_cred
*tgcred
= info
->cred
->tgcred
;
389 key_put(tgcred
->session_keyring
);
390 tgcred
->session_keyring
= key_get(session_keyring
);
395 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setkeys
);
398 * call_usermodehelper_setcleanup - set a cleanup function
399 * @info: a subprocess_info returned by call_usermodehelper_setup
400 * @cleanup: a cleanup function
402 * The cleanup function is just befor ethe subprocess_info is about to
403 * be freed. This can be used for freeing the argv and envp. The
404 * Function must be runnable in either a process context or the
405 * context in which call_usermodehelper_exec is called.
407 void call_usermodehelper_setcleanup(struct subprocess_info
*info
,
408 void (*cleanup
)(char **argv
, char **envp
))
410 info
->cleanup
= cleanup
;
412 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setcleanup
);
415 * call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe - set up a pipe to be used for stdin
416 * @sub_info: a subprocess_info returned by call_usermodehelper_setup
417 * @filp: set to the write-end of a pipe
419 * This constructs a pipe, and sets the read end to be the stdin of the
420 * subprocess, and returns the write-end in *@filp.
422 int call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe(struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
,
427 f
= create_write_pipe(0);
432 f
= create_read_pipe(f
, 0);
434 free_write_pipe(*filp
);
441 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe
);
444 * call_usermodehelper_exec - start a usermode application
445 * @sub_info: information about the subprocessa
446 * @wait: wait for the application to finish and return status.
447 * when -1 don't wait at all, but you get no useful error back when
448 * the program couldn't be exec'ed. This makes it safe to call
449 * from interrupt context.
451 * Runs a user-space application. The application is started
452 * asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of keventd.
453 * (ie. it runs with full root capabilities).
455 int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
,
458 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
461 BUG_ON(atomic_read(&sub_info
->cred
->usage
) != 1);
464 if (sub_info
->path
[0] == '\0')
467 if (!khelper_wq
|| usermodehelper_disabled
) {
472 sub_info
->complete
= &done
;
473 sub_info
->wait
= wait
;
475 queue_work(khelper_wq
, &sub_info
->work
);
476 if (wait
== UMH_NO_WAIT
) /* task has freed sub_info */
478 wait_for_completion(&done
);
479 retval
= sub_info
->retval
;
482 call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info
);
487 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_exec
);
490 * call_usermodehelper_pipe - call a usermode helper process with a pipe stdin
491 * @path: path to usermode executable
492 * @argv: arg vector for process
493 * @envp: environment for process
494 * @filp: set to the write-end of a pipe
496 * This is a simple wrapper which executes a usermode-helper function
497 * with a pipe as stdin. It is implemented entirely in terms of
498 * lower-level call_usermodehelper_* functions.
500 int call_usermodehelper_pipe(char *path
, char **argv
, char **envp
,
503 struct subprocess_info
*sub_info
;
506 sub_info
= call_usermodehelper_setup(path
, argv
, envp
, GFP_KERNEL
);
507 if (sub_info
== NULL
)
510 ret
= call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe(sub_info
, filp
);
514 return call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info
, UMH_WAIT_EXEC
);
517 call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info
);
520 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_pipe
);
522 void __init
usermodehelper_init(void)
524 khelper_wq
= create_singlethread_workqueue("khelper");