sysctl: add support for poll()
Adding support for poll() in sysctl fs allows userspace to receive
notifications of changes in sysctl entries. This adds a infrastructure to
allow files in sysctl fs to be pollable and implements it for hostname and
domainname.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: s/declare/define/ for definitions]
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index dacd840..df59480 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/namei.h>
@@ -14,6 +15,15 @@
static const struct file_operations proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations;
+void proc_sys_poll_notify(struct ctl_table_poll *poll)
+{
+ if (!poll)
+ return;
+
+ atomic_inc(&poll->event);
+ wake_up_interruptible(&poll->wait);
+}
+
static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
struct ctl_table_header *head, struct ctl_table *table)
{
@@ -176,6 +186,39 @@
return proc_sys_call_handler(filp, (void __user *)buf, count, ppos, 1);
}
+static int proc_sys_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+ struct ctl_table *table = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl_entry;
+
+ if (table->poll)
+ filp->private_data = proc_sys_poll_event(table->poll);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned int proc_sys_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+ struct ctl_table *table = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl_entry;
+ unsigned long event = (unsigned long)filp->private_data;
+ unsigned int ret = DEFAULT_POLLMASK;
+
+ if (!table->proc_handler)
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!table->poll)
+ goto out;
+
+ poll_wait(filp, &table->poll->wait, wait);
+
+ if (event != atomic_read(&table->poll->event)) {
+ filp->private_data = proc_sys_poll_event(table->poll);
+ ret = POLLIN | POLLRDNORM | POLLERR | POLLPRI;
+ }
+
+out:
+ return ret;
+}
static int proc_sys_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
filldir_t filldir,
@@ -364,6 +407,8 @@
}
static const struct file_operations proc_sys_file_operations = {
+ .open = proc_sys_open,
+ .poll = proc_sys_poll,
.read = proc_sys_read,
.write = proc_sys_write,
.llseek = default_llseek,
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 9a1ec10..703cfa3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -931,6 +931,7 @@
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
/* For the /proc/sys support */
struct ctl_table;
@@ -1011,6 +1012,26 @@
* cover common cases.
*/
+/* Support for userspace poll() to watch for changes */
+struct ctl_table_poll {
+ atomic_t event;
+ wait_queue_head_t wait;
+};
+
+static inline void *proc_sys_poll_event(struct ctl_table_poll *poll)
+{
+ return (void *)(unsigned long)atomic_read(&poll->event);
+}
+
+void proc_sys_poll_notify(struct ctl_table_poll *poll);
+
+#define __CTL_TABLE_POLL_INITIALIZER(name) { \
+ .event = ATOMIC_INIT(0), \
+ .wait = __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(name.wait) }
+
+#define DEFINE_CTL_TABLE_POLL(name) \
+ struct ctl_table_poll name = __CTL_TABLE_POLL_INITIALIZER(name)
+
/* A sysctl table is an array of struct ctl_table: */
struct ctl_table
{
@@ -1021,6 +1042,7 @@
struct ctl_table *child;
struct ctl_table *parent; /* Automatically set */
proc_handler *proc_handler; /* Callback for text formatting */
+ struct ctl_table_poll *poll;
void *extra1;
void *extra2;
};
diff --git a/include/linux/utsname.h b/include/linux/utsname.h
index 4e5b021..c714ed7 100644
--- a/include/linux/utsname.h
+++ b/include/linux/utsname.h
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
+enum uts_proc {
+ UTS_PROC_OSTYPE,
+ UTS_PROC_OSRELEASE,
+ UTS_PROC_VERSION,
+ UTS_PROC_HOSTNAME,
+ UTS_PROC_DOMAINNAME,
+};
+
struct user_namespace;
extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns;
@@ -80,6 +88,14 @@
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
+extern void uts_proc_notify(enum uts_proc proc);
+#else
+static inline void uts_proc_notify(enum uts_proc proc)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
static inline struct new_utsname *utsname(void)
{
return ¤t->nsproxy->uts_ns->name;
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 5845950..d06c091 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1286,6 +1286,7 @@
memset(u->nodename + len, 0, sizeof(u->nodename) - len);
errno = 0;
}
+ uts_proc_notify(UTS_PROC_HOSTNAME);
up_write(&uts_sem);
return errno;
}
@@ -1336,6 +1337,7 @@
memset(u->domainname + len, 0, sizeof(u->domainname) - len);
errno = 0;
}
+ uts_proc_notify(UTS_PROC_DOMAINNAME);
up_write(&uts_sem);
return errno;
}
diff --git a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
index a2cd77e..3b0d48eb 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/uts.h>
#include <linux/utsname.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
static void *get_uts(ctl_table *table, int write)
{
@@ -51,12 +52,19 @@
uts_table.data = get_uts(table, write);
r = proc_dostring(&uts_table,write,buffer,lenp, ppos);
put_uts(table, write, uts_table.data);
+
+ if (write)
+ proc_sys_poll_notify(table->poll);
+
return r;
}
#else
#define proc_do_uts_string NULL
#endif
+static DEFINE_CTL_TABLE_POLL(hostname_poll);
+static DEFINE_CTL_TABLE_POLL(domainname_poll);
+
static struct ctl_table uts_kern_table[] = {
{
.procname = "ostype",
@@ -85,6 +93,7 @@
.maxlen = sizeof(init_uts_ns.name.nodename),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_do_uts_string,
+ .poll = &hostname_poll,
},
{
.procname = "domainname",
@@ -92,6 +101,7 @@
.maxlen = sizeof(init_uts_ns.name.domainname),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_do_uts_string,
+ .poll = &domainname_poll,
},
{}
};
@@ -105,6 +115,19 @@
{}
};
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
+/*
+ * Notify userspace about a change in a certain entry of uts_kern_table,
+ * identified by the parameter proc.
+ */
+void uts_proc_notify(enum uts_proc proc)
+{
+ struct ctl_table *table = &uts_kern_table[proc];
+
+ proc_sys_poll_notify(table->poll);
+}
+#endif
+
static int __init utsname_sysctl_init(void)
{
register_sysctl_table(uts_root_table);
