Domain/Kernel
[Kernel] kobject uevent in kernel
yhcting
2011. 4. 19. 19:12
⚫ Sendig kobject uevent to user space from kernel ⚬ Concept • Execute user-space binary with predefined + customized environment variables. • Send message to pre-defined netlink socket unit created by kernel. ⚬ From souce code (hotplug) • kernel node [kernel/sysctl.c] : /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug • kobject_uevent_env() [kobject_uevent.c] default user process executable image path -> CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH • kernel/sysctl.c 'uevent_helper' value can be RWed through 'hotplug' node of sysctl. ⚬ From souce code (netlink) • kobject_uevent_env() [kobject_uevent.c] : #if defined(CONFIG_NET) write message to netlink socket unit (NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT) • netlink.h netlink units • Creating in userspace socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT)