/* * sleep.c - create a /proc file, and if several processes try to open it at * the same time, put all but one to sleep */ #include /* We're doing kernel work */ #include /* Specifically, a module */ #include /* Necessary because we use proc fs */ #include /* For putting processes to sleep and waking them up */ #include /* for get_user and put_user */ /* * The module's file functions */ /* * Here we keep the last message received, to prove that we can process our * input */ #define MESSAGE_LENGTH 80 static char Message[MESSAGE_LENGTH]; static struct proc_dir_entry *Our_Proc_File; #define PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME "sleep" /* * Since we use the file operations struct, we can't use the special proc * output provisions - we have to use a standard read function, which is this * function */ static ssize_t module_output(struct file *file, /* see include/linux/fs.h */ char *buf, /* The buffer to put data to (in the user segment) */ size_t len, /* The length of the buffer */ loff_t *offset) { static int finished = 0; int i; char message[MESSAGE_LENGTH + 30]; /* * Return 0 to signify end of file - that we have nothing * more to say at this point. */ if (finished) { finished = 0; return 0; } /* * If you don't understand this by now, you're hopeless as a kernel * programmer. */ sprintf(message, "Last input:%s\n", Message); for (i = 0; i < len && message[i]; i++) put_user(message[i], buf + i); finished = 1; return i; /* Return the number of bytes "read" */ } /* * This function receives input from the user when the user writes to the /proc * file. */ static ssize_t module_input(struct file *file, /* The file itself */ const char *buf, /* The buffer with input */ size_t length, /* The buffer's length */ loff_t *offset) /* offset to file - ignore */ { int i; /* * Put the input into Message, where module_output will later be * able to use it */ for (i = 0; i < MESSAGE_LENGTH - 1 && i < length; i++) get_user(Message[i], buf + i); /* * we want a standard, zero terminated string */ Message[i] = '\0'; /* * We need to return the number of input characters used */ return i; } /* * 1 if the file is currently open by somebody */ int Already_Open = 0; /* * Queue of processes who want our file */ DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(WaitQ); /* * Called when the /proc file is opened */ static int module_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { /* * If the file's flags include O_NONBLOCK, it means the process doesn't * want to wait for the file. In this case, if the file is already * open, we should fail with -EAGAIN, meaning "you'll have to try * again", instead of blocking a process which would rather stay awake. */ if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) && Already_Open) return -EAGAIN; /* * This is the correct place for try_module_get(THIS_MODULE) because * if a process is in the loop, which is within the kernel module, * the kernel module must not be removed. */ try_module_get(THIS_MODULE); /* * If the file is already open, wait until it isn't */ while (Already_Open) { int i, is_sig = 0; /* * This function puts the current process, including any system * calls, such as us, to sleep. Execution will be resumed right * after the function call, either because somebody called * wake_up(&WaitQ) (only module_close does that, when the file * is closed) or when a signal, such as Ctrl-C, is sent * to the process */ wait_event_interruptible(WaitQ, !Already_Open); /* * If we woke up because we got a signal we're not blocking, * return -EINTR (fail the system call). This allows processes * to be killed or stopped. */ /* * Emmanuel Papirakis: * * This is a little update to work with 2.2.*. Signals now are * contained in two words (64 bits) and are stored in a structure that * contains an array of two unsigned longs. We now have to make 2 * checks in our if. * * Ori Pomerantz: * * Nobody promised me they'll never use more than 64 bits, or that this * book won't be used for a version of Linux with a word size of 16 * bits. This code would work in any case. */ for (i = 0; i < _NSIG_WORDS && !is_sig; i++) is_sig = current->pending.signal.sig[i] & ~current->blocked.sig[i]; if (is_sig) { /* * It's important to put module_put(THIS_MODULE) here, * because for processes where the open is interrupted * there will never be a corresponding close. If we * don't decrement the usage count here, we will be * left with a positive usage count which we'll have no * way to bring down to zero, giving us an immortal * module, which can only be killed by rebooting * the machine. */ module_put(THIS_MODULE); return -EINTR; } } /* * If we got here, Already_Open must be zero */ /* * Open the file */ Already_Open = 1; return 0; /* Allow the access */ } /* * Called when the /proc file is closed */ int module_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { /* * Set Already_Open to zero, so one of the processes in the WaitQ will * be able to set Already_Open back to one and to open the file. All * the other processes will be called when Already_Open is back to one, * so they'll go back to sleep. */ Already_Open = 0; /* * Wake up all the processes in WaitQ, so if anybody is waiting for the * file, they can have it. */ wake_up(&WaitQ); module_put(THIS_MODULE); return 0; /* success */ } /* * Structures to register as the /proc file, with pointers to all the relevant * functions. */ /* * File operations for our proc file. This is where we place pointers to all * the functions called when somebody tries to do something to our file. NULL * means we don't want to deal with something. */ static struct proc_ops File_Ops_4_Our_Proc_File = { .proc_read = module_output, /* "read" from the file */ .proc_write = module_input, /* "write" to the file */ .proc_open = module_open, /* called when the /proc file is opened */ .proc_release = module_close, /* called when it's closed */ }; /* * Module initialization and cleanup */ /* * Initialize the module - register the proc file */ int init_module() { Our_Proc_File = proc_create(PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME, 0644, NULL, &File_Ops_4_Our_Proc_File); if (Our_Proc_File == NULL) { remove_proc_entry(PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME, NULL); pr_debug("Error: Could not initialize /proc/%s\n", PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME); return -ENOMEM; } proc_set_size(Our_Proc_File, 80); proc_set_user(Our_Proc_File, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID); pr_info("/proc/test created\n"); return 0; } /* * Cleanup - unregister our file from /proc. This could get dangerous if * there are still processes waiting in WaitQ, because they are inside our * open function, which will get unloaded. I'll explain how to avoid removal * of a kernel module in such a case in chapter 10. */ void cleanup_module() { remove_proc_entry(PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME, NULL); pr_debug("/proc/%s removed\n", PROC_ENTRY_FILENAME); } MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");