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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)
29 u64 uevent_seqnum;
30 char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
31 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
32 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
33 static struct sock *uevent_sock;
34 #endif
36 static char *action_to_string(enum kobject_action action)
38 switch (action) {
39 case KOBJ_ADD:
40 return "add";
41 case KOBJ_REMOVE:
42 return "remove";
43 case KOBJ_CHANGE:
44 return "change";
45 case KOBJ_MOUNT:
46 return "mount";
47 case KOBJ_UMOUNT:
48 return "umount";
49 case KOBJ_OFFLINE:
50 return "offline";
51 case KOBJ_ONLINE:
52 return "online";
53 case KOBJ_DOCK:
54 return "dock";
55 case KOBJ_UNDOCK:
56 return "undock";
57 default:
58 return NULL;
62 /**
63 * kobject_uevent - notify userspace by ending an uevent
65 * @action: action that is happening (usually KOBJ_ADD and KOBJ_REMOVE)
66 * @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
68 void kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
70 char **envp;
71 char *buffer;
72 char *scratch;
73 const char *action_string;
74 const char *devpath = NULL;
75 const char *subsystem;
76 struct kobject *top_kobj;
77 struct kset *kset;
78 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops;
79 u64 seq;
80 char *seq_buff;
81 int i = 0;
82 int retval;
84 pr_debug("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
86 action_string = action_to_string(action);
87 if (!action_string)
88 return;
90 /* search the kset we belong to */
91 top_kobj = kobj;
92 if (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent) {
93 do {
94 top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
95 } while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent);
97 if (!top_kobj->kset)
98 return;
100 kset = top_kobj->kset;
101 uevent_ops = kset->uevent_ops;
103 /* skip the event, if the filter returns zero. */
104 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->filter)
105 if (!uevent_ops->filter(kset, kobj))
106 return;
108 /* environment index */
109 envp = kzalloc(NUM_ENVP * sizeof (char *), GFP_KERNEL);
110 if (!envp)
111 return;
113 /* environment values */
114 buffer = kmalloc(BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
115 if (!buffer)
116 goto exit;
118 /* complete object path */
119 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
120 if (!devpath)
121 goto exit;
123 /* originating subsystem */
124 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->name)
125 subsystem = uevent_ops->name(kset, kobj);
126 else
127 subsystem = kobject_name(&kset->kobj);
129 /* event environemnt for helper process only */
130 envp[i++] = "HOME=/";
131 envp[i++] = "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin";
133 /* default keys */
134 scratch = buffer;
135 envp [i++] = scratch;
136 scratch += sprintf(scratch, "ACTION=%s", action_string) + 1;
137 envp [i++] = scratch;
138 scratch += sprintf (scratch, "DEVPATH=%s", devpath) + 1;
139 envp [i++] = scratch;
140 scratch += sprintf(scratch, "SUBSYSTEM=%s", subsystem) + 1;
142 /* just reserve the space, overwrite it after kset call has returned */
143 envp[i++] = seq_buff = scratch;
144 scratch += strlen("SEQNUM=18446744073709551616") + 1;
146 /* let the kset specific function add its stuff */
147 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->uevent) {
148 retval = uevent_ops->uevent(kset, kobj,
149 &envp[i], NUM_ENVP - i, scratch,
150 BUFFER_SIZE - (scratch - buffer));
151 if (retval) {
152 pr_debug ("%s - uevent() returned %d\n",
153 __FUNCTION__, retval);
154 goto exit;
158 /* we will send an event, request a new sequence number */
159 spin_lock(&sequence_lock);
160 seq = ++uevent_seqnum;
161 spin_unlock(&sequence_lock);
162 sprintf(seq_buff, "SEQNUM=%llu", (unsigned long long)seq);
164 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
165 /* send netlink message */
166 if (uevent_sock) {
167 struct sk_buff *skb;
168 size_t len;
170 /* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
171 len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
172 skb = alloc_skb(len + BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
173 if (skb) {
174 /* add header */
175 scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
176 sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
178 /* copy keys to our continuous event payload buffer */
179 for (i = 2; envp[i]; i++) {
180 len = strlen(envp[i]) + 1;
181 scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
182 strcpy(scratch, envp[i]);
185 NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
186 netlink_broadcast(uevent_sock, skb, 0, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
189 #endif
191 /* call uevent_helper, usually only enabled during early boot */
192 if (uevent_helper[0]) {
193 char *argv [3];
195 argv [0] = uevent_helper;
196 argv [1] = (char *)subsystem;
197 argv [2] = NULL;
198 call_usermodehelper (argv[0], argv, envp, 0);
201 exit:
202 kfree(devpath);
203 kfree(buffer);
204 kfree(envp);
205 return;
207 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent);
210 * add_uevent_var - helper for creating event variables
211 * @envp: Pointer to table of environment variables, as passed into
212 * uevent() method.
213 * @num_envp: Number of environment variable slots available, as
214 * passed into uevent() method.
215 * @cur_index: Pointer to current index into @envp. It should be
216 * initialized to 0 before the first call to add_uevent_var(),
217 * and will be incremented on success.
218 * @buffer: Pointer to buffer for environment variables, as passed
219 * into uevent() method.
220 * @buffer_size: Length of @buffer, as passed into uevent() method.
221 * @cur_len: Pointer to current length of space used in @buffer.
222 * Should be initialized to 0 before the first call to
223 * add_uevent_var(), and will be incremented on success.
224 * @format: Format for creating environment variable (of the form
225 * "XXX=%x") for snprintf().
227 * Returns 0 if environment variable was added successfully or -ENOMEM
228 * if no space was available.
230 int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
231 char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
232 const char *format, ...)
234 va_list args;
237 * We check against num_envp - 1 to make sure there is at
238 * least one slot left after we return, since kobject_uevent()
239 * needs to set the last slot to NULL.
241 if (*cur_index >= num_envp - 1)
242 return -ENOMEM;
244 envp[*cur_index] = buffer + *cur_len;
246 va_start(args, format);
247 *cur_len += vsnprintf(envp[*cur_index],
248 max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
249 format, args) + 1;
250 va_end(args);
252 if (*cur_len > buffer_size)
253 return -ENOMEM;
255 (*cur_index)++;
256 return 0;
258 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_uevent_var);
260 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
261 static int __init kobject_uevent_init(void)
263 uevent_sock = netlink_kernel_create(NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT, 1, NULL,
264 THIS_MODULE);
266 if (!uevent_sock) {
267 printk(KERN_ERR
268 "kobject_uevent: unable to create netlink socket!\n");
269 return -ENODEV;
272 return 0;
275 postcore_initcall(kobject_uevent_init);
276 #endif
278 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG */