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/*
	kmod, the new module loader (replaces kerneld)
	Kirk Petersen

	Reorganized not to be a daemon by Adam Richter, with guidance
	from Greg Zornetzer.

	Modified to avoid chroot and file sharing problems.
	Mikael Pettersson

	Limit the concurrent number of kmod modprobes to catch loops from
	"modprobe needs a service that is in a module".
	Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> December 1999
*/

#define __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__

#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>

#include <asm/uaccess.h>

/*
	modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys.
*/
char modprobe_path[256] = "/sbin/modprobe";

extern int max_threads;

static inline void
use_init_fs_context(void)
{
	struct fs_struct *our_fs, *init_fs;

	/*
	 * Make modprobe's fs context be a copy of init's.
	 *
	 * We cannot use the user's fs context, because it
	 * may have a different root than init.
	 * Since init was created with CLONE_FS, we can grab
	 * its fs context from "init_task".
	 *
	 * The fs context has to be a copy. If it is shared
	 * with init, then any chdir() call in modprobe will
	 * also affect init and the other threads sharing
	 * init_task's fs context.
	 *
	 * We created the exec_modprobe thread without CLONE_FS,
	 * so we can update the fields in our fs context freely.
	 */
	lock_kernel();

	our_fs = current->fs;
	dput(our_fs->root);
	dput(our_fs->pwd);

	init_fs = init_task.fs;
	our_fs->umask = init_fs->umask;
	our_fs->root = dget(init_fs->root);
	our_fs->pwd = dget(init_fs->pwd);

	unlock_kernel();
}

int exec_usermodehelper(char *program_path, char *argv[], char *envp[])
{
	int i;

	current->session = 1;
	current->pgrp = 1;

	use_init_fs_context();

	/* Prevent parent user process from sending signals to child.
	   Otherwise, if the modprobe program does not exist, it might
	   be possible to get a user defined signal handler to execute
	   as the super user right after the execve fails if you time
	   the signal just right.
	*/
	spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
	flush_signals(current);
	flush_signal_handlers(current);
	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);

	for (i = 0; i < current->files->max_fds; i++ ) {
		if (current->files->fd[i]) close(i);
	}

	/* Drop the "current user" thing */
	free_uid(current);

	/* Give kmod all privileges.. */
	current->uid = current->euid = current->fsuid = 0;
	cap_set_full(current->cap_inheritable);
	cap_set_full(current->cap_effective);

	/* Allow execve args to be in kernel space. */
	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);

	/* Go, go, go... */
	if (execve(program_path, argv, envp) < 0)
		return -errno;
	return 0;
}

static int exec_modprobe(void * module_name)
{
	static char * envp[] = { "HOME=/", "TERM=linux", "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin", NULL };
	char *argv[] = { modprobe_path, "-s", "-k", (char*)module_name, NULL };
	int ret;

	ret = exec_usermodehelper(modprobe_path, argv, envp);
	if (ret) {
		printk(KERN_ERR
		       "kmod: failed to exec %s -s -k %s, errno = %d\n",
		       modprobe_path, (char*) module_name, errno);
	}
	return ret;
}

/*
	request_module: the function that everyone calls when they need
	a module.
*/
int request_module(const char * module_name)
{
	int pid;
	int waitpid_result;
	sigset_t tmpsig;
	int i;
	static atomic_t kmod_concurrent = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
#define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50	/* Completely arbitrary value - KAO */
	static int kmod_loop_msg;

	/* Don't allow request_module() before the root fs is mounted!  */
	if ( ! current->fs->root ) {
		printk(KERN_ERR "request_module[%s]: Root fs not mounted\n",
			module_name);
		return -EPERM;
	}

	/* 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.
	 */
	i = max_threads/2;
	if (i > MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT)
		i = MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT;
	atomic_inc(&kmod_concurrent);
	if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent) > i) {
		if (kmod_loop_msg++ < 5)
			printk(KERN_ERR
			       "kmod: runaway modprobe loop assumed and stopped\n");
		atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);
		return -ENOMEM;
	}

	pid = kernel_thread(exec_modprobe, (void*) module_name, 0);
	if (pid < 0) {
		printk(KERN_ERR "request_module[%s]: fork failed, errno %d\n", module_name, -pid);
		atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);
		return pid;
	}

	/* Block everything but SIGKILL/SIGSTOP */
	spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
	tmpsig = current->blocked;
	siginitsetinv(&current->blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP));
	recalc_sigpending(current);
	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);

	waitpid_result = waitpid(pid, NULL, __WCLONE);
	atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);

	/* Allow signals again.. */
	spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
	current->blocked = tmpsig;
	recalc_sigpending(current);
	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);

	if (waitpid_result != pid) {
		printk(KERN_ERR "request_module[%s]: waitpid(%d,...) failed, errno %d\n",
		       module_name, pid, -waitpid_result);
	}
	return 0;
}