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>
27 char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH;
28 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
29 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
30 static struct sock *uevent_sock;
33 /* the strings here must match the enum in include/linux/kobject.h */
34 static const char *kobject_actions[] = {
36 [KOBJ_REMOVE] = "remove",
37 [KOBJ_CHANGE] = "change",
39 [KOBJ_ONLINE] = "online",
40 [KOBJ_OFFLINE] = "offline",
44 * kobject_action_type - translate action string to numeric type
46 * @buf: buffer containing the action string, newline is ignored
47 * @len: length of buffer
48 * @type: pointer to the location to store the action type
50 * Returns 0 if the action string was recognized.
52 int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
53 enum kobject_action *type)
55 enum kobject_action action;
58 if (count && buf[count-1] == '\n')
64 for (action = 0; action < ARRAY_SIZE(kobject_actions); action++) {
65 if (strncmp(kobject_actions[action], buf, count) != 0)
67 if (kobject_actions[action][count] != '\0')
78 * kobject_uevent_env - send an uevent with environmental data
80 * @action: action that is happening
81 * @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
82 * @envp_ext: pointer to environmental data
84 * Returns 0 if kobject_uevent() is completed with success or the
85 * corresponding error when it fails.
87 int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
90 struct kobj_uevent_env *env;
91 const char *action_string = kobject_actions[action];
92 const char *devpath = NULL;
93 const char *subsystem;
94 struct kobject *top_kobj;
96 struct kset_uevent_ops *uevent_ops;
101 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
102 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
104 /* search the kset we belong to */
106 while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent)
107 top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
109 if (!top_kobj->kset) {
110 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: attempted to send uevent "
111 "without kset!\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj,
116 kset = top_kobj->kset;
117 uevent_ops = kset->uevent_ops;
119 /* skip the event, if the filter returns zero. */
120 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->filter)
121 if (!uevent_ops->filter(kset, kobj)) {
122 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: filter function "
123 "caused the event to drop!\n",
124 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);
128 /* originating subsystem */
129 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->name)
130 subsystem = uevent_ops->name(kset, kobj);
132 subsystem = kobject_name(&kset->kobj);
134 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: unset subsystem caused the "
135 "event to drop!\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj,
140 /* environment buffer */
141 env = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kobj_uevent_env), GFP_KERNEL);
145 /* complete object path */
146 devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
153 retval = add_uevent_var(env, "ACTION=%s", action_string);
156 retval = add_uevent_var(env, "DEVPATH=%s", devpath);
159 retval = add_uevent_var(env, "SUBSYSTEM=%s", subsystem);
163 /* keys passed in from the caller */
165 for (i = 0; envp_ext[i]; i++) {
166 retval = add_uevent_var(env, envp_ext[i]);
172 /* let the kset specific function add its stuff */
173 if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->uevent) {
174 retval = uevent_ops->uevent(kset, kobj, env);
176 pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: uevent() returned "
177 "%d\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj,
178 __FUNCTION__, retval);
183 /* we will send an event, so request a new sequence number */
184 spin_lock(&sequence_lock);
185 seq = ++uevent_seqnum;
186 spin_unlock(&sequence_lock);
187 retval = add_uevent_var(env, "SEQNUM=%llu", (unsigned long long)seq);
191 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
192 /* send netlink message */
197 /* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
198 len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
199 skb = alloc_skb(len + env->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
204 scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
205 sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
207 /* copy keys to our continuous event payload buffer */
208 for (i = 0; i < env->envp_idx; i++) {
209 len = strlen(env->envp[i]) + 1;
210 scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
211 strcpy(scratch, env->envp[i]);
214 NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
215 netlink_broadcast(uevent_sock, skb, 0, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
220 /* call uevent_helper, usually only enabled during early boot */
221 if (uevent_helper[0]) {
224 argv [0] = uevent_helper;
225 argv [1] = (char *)subsystem;
227 retval = add_uevent_var(env, "HOME=/");
230 retval = add_uevent_var(env, "PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin");
234 call_usermodehelper (argv[0], argv, env->envp, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
243 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent_env);
246 * kobject_uevent - notify userspace by ending an uevent
248 * @action: action that is happening
249 * @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
251 * Returns 0 if kobject_uevent() is completed with success or the
252 * corresponding error when it fails.
254 int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
256 return kobject_uevent_env(kobj, action, NULL);
259 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent);
262 * add_uevent_var - add key value string to the environment buffer
263 * @env: environment buffer structure
264 * @format: printf format for the key=value pair
266 * Returns 0 if environment variable was added successfully or -ENOMEM
267 * if no space was available.
269 int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env, const char *format, ...)
274 if (env->envp_idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(env->envp)) {
275 printk(KERN_ERR "add_uevent_var: too many keys\n");
280 va_start(args, format);
281 len = vsnprintf(&env->buf[env->buflen],
282 sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen,
286 if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen)) {
287 printk(KERN_ERR "add_uevent_var: buffer size too small\n");
292 env->envp[env->envp_idx++] = &env->buf[env->buflen];
293 env->buflen += len + 1;
296 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_uevent_var);
298 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
299 static int __init kobject_uevent_init(void)
301 uevent_sock = netlink_kernel_create(&init_net, NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT,
302 1, NULL, NULL, THIS_MODULE);
305 "kobject_uevent: unable to create netlink socket!\n");
312 postcore_initcall(kobject_uevent_init);