Re: [patch] kernel sysfs events layer

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 15:16:29 EST


On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 08:44:55PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 09:19:27PM -0400, Robert Love wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 17:07 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know, the firmware objects already use "add" for an event. I
> > > didn't put a check in the kobject_uevent() calls to prevent the add and
> > > remove, but now it's a lot easier to do so if you think it's necessary.
> >
> > I have no problem with this, either, so long as we are not too anal or
> > strict about adding new actions.
>
> That's fine. I'll dump them into a separate header file to make it a
> bit easier to find and add new ones to.

And here's the patch I applied to my trees and will show up in the next
-mm release.

I'll go convert Kay's mount patch to the new interface and add it too.

(and yes, I've added a "change" event that drivers and such can use to
tell userspace they they need to go look at a specific sysfs file. I
figured that this was going to be the next action request so I might as
well add it now...)

thanks,

greg k-h

-----

kevent: standardize on the event types

This prevents any potential typos from happening.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>

diff -Nru a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c 2004-09-15 11:52:49 -07:00
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c 2004-09-15 11:52:49 -07:00
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
add_timer(&fw_priv->timeout);
}

- kobject_hotplug("add", &class_dev->kobj);
+ kobject_hotplug(&class_dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
wait_for_completion(&fw_priv->completion);
set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &fw_priv->status);

diff -Nru a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h 2004-09-15 11:52:49 -07:00
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h 2004-09-15 11:52:49 -07:00
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/sysfs.h>
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/kobject_uevent.h>
#include <asm/atomic.h>

#define KOBJ_NAME_LEN 20
@@ -235,32 +236,10 @@
extern int subsys_create_file(struct subsystem * , struct subsys_attribute *);
extern void subsys_remove_file(struct subsystem * , struct subsys_attribute *);

-
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-extern void kobject_hotplug(const char *action, struct kobject *kobj);
-#else
-static inline void kobject_hotplug(const char *action, struct kobject *kobj) { }
-#endif
-
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_KOBJECT_UEVENT
-extern int kobject_uevent(const char *signal, struct kobject *kobj,
- struct attribute *attr);
-
-extern int kobject_uevent_atomic(const char *signal, struct kobject *kobj,
- struct attribute *attr);
+extern void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action);
#else
-static inline int kobject_uevent(const char *signal, struct kobject *kobj,
- struct attribute *attr)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int kobject_uevent_atomic(const char *signal, struct kobject *kobj,
- struct attribute *attr)
-{
- return 0;
-}
+static inline void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action) { }
#endif

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff -Nru a/include/linux/kobject_uevent.h b/include/linux/kobject_uevent.h
--- /dev/null Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 196900
+++ b/include/linux/kobject_uevent.h 2004-09-15 11:52:49 -07:00
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * kobject_uevent.h - list of kobject user events that can be generated
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _KOBJECT_EVENT_H_
+#define _KOBJECT_EVENT_H_
+
+/*
+ * If you add an action here, you must also add the proper string to the
+ * lib/kobject_uevent.c file.
+ */
+
+enum kobject_action {
+ KOBJ_ADD = 0x00, /* add event, for hotplug */
+ KOBJ_REMOVE = 0x01, /* remove event, for hotplug */
+ KOBJ_CHANGE = 0x02, /* a sysfs attribute file has changed */
+ KOBJ_MOUNT = 0x03, /* mount event for block devices */
+ KOBJ_MAX_ACTION, /* must be last action listed */
+};
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KOBJECT_UEVENT
+int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj,
+ enum kobject_action action,
+ struct attribute *attr);
+int kobject_uevent_atomic(struct kobject *kobj,
+ enum kobject_action action,
+ struct attribute *attr);
+#else
+static inline int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj,
+ enum kobject_action action,
+ struct attribute *attr)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+static inline int kobject_uevent_atomic(struct kobject *kobj,
+ enum kobject_action action,
+ struct attribute *attr)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff -Nru a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
--- a/lib/kobject.c 2004-09-15 11:52:49 -07:00
+++ b/lib/kobject.c 2004-09-15 11:52:49 -07:00
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
if (parent)
kobject_put(parent);
} else {
- kobject_hotplug("add", kobj);
+ kobject_hotplug(kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
}

return error;
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@

void kobject_del(struct kobject * kobj)
{
- kobject_hotplug("remove", kobj);
+ kobject_hotplug(kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
unlink(kobj);
}
diff -Nru a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c 2004-09-15 11:52:49 -07:00
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c 2004-09-15 11:52:49 -07:00
@@ -19,9 +19,29 @@
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/kobject_uevent.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
#include <net/sock.h>

+/*
+ * These must match up with the values for enum kobject_action
+ * as found in include/linux/kobject_uevent.h
+ */
+static char *actions[] = {
+ "add", /* 0x00 */
+ "remove", /* 0x01 */
+ "change", /* 0x02 */
+ "mount", /* 0x03 */
+};
+
+static char *action_to_string(enum kobject_action action)
+{
+ if (action >= KOBJ_MAX_ACTION)
+ return NULL;
+ else
+ return actions[action];
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_KOBJECT_UEVENT
static struct sock *uevent_sock;

@@ -60,11 +80,12 @@
return netlink_broadcast(uevent_sock, skb, 0, 1, gfp_mask);
}

-static int do_kobject_uevent(const char *signal, struct kobject *kobj,
+static int do_kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
struct attribute *attr, int gfp_mask)
{
char *path;
char *attrpath;
+ char *signal;
int len;
int rc = -ENOMEM;

@@ -72,6 +93,10 @@
if (!path)
return -ENOMEM;

+ signal = action_to_string(action);
+ if (!signal)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (attr) {
len = strlen(path);
len += strlen(attr->name) + 2;
@@ -97,17 +122,17 @@
* @kobj: struct kobject that the event is happening to
* @attr: optional struct attribute the event belongs to
*/
-int kobject_uevent(const char *signal, struct kobject *kobj,
+int kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
struct attribute *attr)
{
- return do_kobject_uevent(signal, kobj, attr, GFP_KERNEL);
+ return do_kobject_uevent(kobj, action, attr, GFP_KERNEL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent);

-int kobject_uevent_atomic(const char *signal, struct kobject *kobj,
+int kobject_uevent_atomic(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
struct attribute *attr)
{
- return do_kobject_uevent(signal, kobj, attr, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ return do_kobject_uevent(kobj, action, attr, GFP_ATOMIC);
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_uevent_atomic);
@@ -149,7 +174,7 @@
* @action: action that is happening (usually "ADD" or "REMOVE")
* @kobj: struct kobject that the action is happening to
*/
-void kobject_hotplug(const char *action, struct kobject *kobj)
+void kobject_hotplug(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action)
{
char *argv [3];
char **envp = NULL;
@@ -159,6 +184,7 @@
int retval;
char *kobj_path = NULL;
char *name = NULL;
+ char *action_string;
u64 seq;
struct kobject *top_kobj = kobj;
struct kset *kset;
@@ -183,6 +209,10 @@

pr_debug ("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);

+ action_string = action_to_string(action);
+ if (!action_string)
+ return;
+
envp = kmalloc(NUM_ENVP * sizeof (char *), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!envp)
return;
@@ -208,7 +238,7 @@
scratch = buffer;

envp [i++] = scratch;
- scratch += sprintf(scratch, "ACTION=%s", action) + 1;
+ scratch += sprintf(scratch, "ACTION=%s", action_string) + 1;

kobj_path = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!kobj_path)
@@ -242,7 +272,7 @@
pr_debug ("%s: %s %s %s %s %s %s %s\n", __FUNCTION__, argv[0], argv[1],
envp[0], envp[1], envp[2], envp[3], envp[4]);

- send_uevent(action, kobj_path, buffer, scratch - buffer, GFP_KERNEL);
+ send_uevent(action_string, kobj_path, buffer, scratch - buffer, GFP_KERNEL);

if (!hotplug_path[0])
goto exit;
-
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