内核启动用户态的应用程序是通过call_usermodehelper来调用的,比较常见的调用,比如modprobe.
参数说明;
path : 应用程序的位置
argv : 传递给用户态应用程序的参数
envp: 传递给应用程序的环境变量
wait : 调用用户态应用程序的内核程序是否等到用户态程序退出后才退出。
使用的例子:
我们来看kmod.c的源码,它通过调用用户态的modprobe来加载所需要的驱动模块。
static inline int
call_usermodehelper(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, enum umh_wait wait)
参数说明;
path : 应用程序的位置
argv : 传递给用户态应用程序的参数
envp: 传递给应用程序的环境变量
wait : 调用用户态应用程序的内核程序是否等到用户态程序退出后才退出。
使用的例子:
我们来看kmod.c的源码,它通过调用用户态的modprobe来加载所需要的驱动模块。
int request_module(const char *fmt, ...)
{
va_list args;
char module_name[MODULE_NAME_LEN];
unsigned int max_modprobes;
int ret;
///构造传递给modeprobe的参数
char *argv[] = { modprobe_path, "-q", "--", module_name, NULL };
static char *envp[] = { "HOME=/",
"TERM=linux",
"PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
NULL };
static atomic_t kmod_concurrent = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
#define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50 /* Completely arbitrary value - KAO */
static int kmod_loop_msg;
va_start(args, fmt);
ret = vsnprintf(module_name, MODULE_NAME_LEN, fmt, args);
va_end(args);
if (ret >= MODULE_NAME_LEN)
return -ENAMETOOLONG;
/* If modprobe needs a service that is in a module, we get a recursive
* loop. Limit the number of running kmod threads to max_threads/2 or
* MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT, whichever is the smaller. A cleaner method
* would be to run the parents of this process, counting how many times
* kmod was invoked. That would mean accessing the internals of the
* process tables to get the command line, proc_pid_cmdline is static
* and it is not worth changing the proc code just to handle this case.
* KAO.
*
* "trace the ppid" is simple, but will fail if someone's
* parent exits. I think this is as good as it gets. --RR
*/
max_modprobes = min(max_threads/2, MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT);
atomic_inc(&kmod_concurrent);
if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent) > max_modprobes) {
/* We may be blaming an innocent here, but unlikely */
if (kmod_loop_msg++ < 5)
printk(KERN_ERR
"request_module: runaway loop modprobe %s\n",
module_name);
atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);
return -ENOMEM;
}
///调用modeprobe.
ret = call_usermodehelper(modprobe_path, argv, envp, 1);
atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);
return ret;
}