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.
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>
25 #define BUFFER_SIZE 2048 /* buffer for the variables */
26 #define NUM_ENVP 32 /* number of env pointers */
28 #if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
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;
36 /* the strings here must match the enum in include/linux/kobject.h */
37 const char *kobject_actions[] = {
47 * kobject_uevent_env - send an uevent with environmental data
49 * @action: action that is happening (usually KOBJ_MOVE)
50 * @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
51 * @envp_ext: pointer to environmental data
53 * Returns 0 if kobject_uevent() is completed with success or the
54 * corresponding error when it fails.
56 int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
62 const char *action_string;
63 const char *devpath = NULL;
64 const char *subsystem;
65 struct kobject *top_kobj;
67 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops;
74 pr_debug("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
76 action_string = kobject_actions[action];
78 pr_debug("kobject attempted to send uevent without action_string!\n");
82 /* search the kset we belong to */
84 while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent) {
85 top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
87 if (!top_kobj->kset) {
88 pr_debug("kobject attempted to send uevent without kset!\n");
92 kset = top_kobj->kset;
93 uevent_ops = kset->uevent_ops;
95 /* skip the event, if the filter returns zero. */
96 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->filter)
97 if (!uevent_ops->filter(kset, kobj)) {
98 pr_debug("kobject filter function caused the event to drop!\n");
102 /* originating subsystem */
103 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->name)
104 subsystem = uevent_ops->name(kset, kobj);
106 subsystem = kobject_name(&kset->kobj);
108 pr_debug("unset subsytem caused the event to drop!\n");
112 /* environment index */
113 envp = kzalloc(NUM_ENVP * sizeof (char *), GFP_KERNEL);
117 /* environment values */
118 buffer = kmalloc(BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
124 /* complete object path */
125 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
131 /* event environemnt for helper process only */
132 envp[i++] = "HOME=/";
133 envp[i++] = "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin";
137 envp [i++] = scratch;
138 scratch += sprintf(scratch, "ACTION=%s", action_string) + 1;
139 envp [i++] = scratch;
140 scratch += sprintf (scratch, "DEVPATH=%s", devpath) + 1;
141 envp [i++] = scratch;
142 scratch += sprintf(scratch, "SUBSYSTEM=%s", subsystem) + 1;
143 for (j = 0; envp_ext && envp_ext[j]; j++)
144 envp[i++] = envp_ext[j];
145 /* just reserve the space, overwrite it after kset call has returned */
146 envp[i++] = seq_buff = scratch;
147 scratch += strlen("SEQNUM=18446744073709551616") + 1;
149 /* let the kset specific function add its stuff */
150 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->uevent) {
151 retval = uevent_ops->uevent(kset, kobj,
152 &envp[i], NUM_ENVP - i, scratch,
153 BUFFER_SIZE - (scratch - buffer));
155 pr_debug ("%s - uevent() returned %d\n",
156 __FUNCTION__, retval);
161 /* we will send an event, request a new sequence number */
162 spin_lock(&sequence_lock);
163 seq = ++uevent_seqnum;
164 spin_unlock(&sequence_lock);
165 sprintf(seq_buff, "SEQNUM=%llu", (unsigned long long)seq);
167 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
168 /* send netlink message */
173 /* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
174 len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
175 skb = alloc_skb(len + BUFFER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
178 scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
179 sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
181 /* copy keys to our continuous event payload buffer */
182 for (i = 2; envp[i]; i++) {
183 len = strlen(envp[i]) + 1;
184 scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
185 strcpy(scratch, envp[i]);
188 NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
189 netlink_broadcast(uevent_sock, skb, 0, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
194 /* call uevent_helper, usually only enabled during early boot */
195 if (uevent_helper[0]) {
198 argv [0] = uevent_helper;
199 argv [1] = (char *)subsystem;
201 call_usermodehelper (argv[0], argv, envp, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
211 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent_env);
214 * kobject_uevent - notify userspace by ending an uevent
216 * @action: action that is happening (usually KOBJ_ADD and KOBJ_REMOVE)
217 * @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
219 * Returns 0 if kobject_uevent() is completed with success or the
220 * corresponding error when it fails.
222 int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
224 return kobject_uevent_env(kobj, action, NULL);
227 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent);
230 * add_uevent_var - helper for creating event variables
231 * @envp: Pointer to table of environment variables, as passed into
233 * @num_envp: Number of environment variable slots available, as
234 * passed into uevent() method.
235 * @cur_index: Pointer to current index into @envp. It should be
236 * initialized to 0 before the first call to add_uevent_var(),
237 * and will be incremented on success.
238 * @buffer: Pointer to buffer for environment variables, as passed
239 * into uevent() method.
240 * @buffer_size: Length of @buffer, as passed into uevent() method.
241 * @cur_len: Pointer to current length of space used in @buffer.
242 * Should be initialized to 0 before the first call to
243 * add_uevent_var(), and will be incremented on success.
244 * @format: Format for creating environment variable (of the form
245 * "XXX=%x") for snprintf().
247 * Returns 0 if environment variable was added successfully or -ENOMEM
248 * if no space was available.
250 int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
251 char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
252 const char *format, ...)
257 * We check against num_envp - 1 to make sure there is at
258 * least one slot left after we return, since kobject_uevent()
259 * needs to set the last slot to NULL.
261 if (*cur_index >= num_envp - 1)
264 envp[*cur_index] = buffer + *cur_len;
266 va_start(args, format);
267 *cur_len += vsnprintf(envp[*cur_index],
268 max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
272 if (*cur_len > buffer_size)
278 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_uevent_var);
280 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
281 static int __init kobject_uevent_init(void)
283 uevent_sock = netlink_kernel_create(NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT, 1, NULL,
288 "kobject_uevent: unable to create netlink socket!\n");
295 postcore_initcall(kobject_uevent_init);
298 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG */