2 * kmod - the kernel module loader
4 * Copyright (C) 2023 Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
7 #include <linux/module.h>
8 #include <linux/sched.h>
9 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
10 #include <linux/binfmts.h>
11 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
12 #include <linux/unistd.h>
13 #include <linux/kmod.h>
14 #include <linux/slab.h>
15 #include <linux/completion.h>
16 #include <linux/cred.h>
17 #include <linux/file.h>
18 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
19 #include <linux/security.h>
20 #include <linux/mount.h>
21 #include <linux/kernel.h>
22 #include <linux/init.h>
23 #include <linux/resource.h>
24 #include <linux/notifier.h>
25 #include <linux/suspend.h>
26 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
27 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
28 #include <linux/async.h>
29 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
31 #include <trace/events/module.h>
37 * threads = div64_u64((u64) totalram_pages * (u64) PAGE_SIZE,
38 * (u64) THREAD_SIZE * 8UL);
40 * If you need less than 50 threads would mean we're dealing with systems
41 * smaller than 3200 pages. This assumes you are capable of having ~13M memory,
42 * and this would only be an upper limit, after which the OOM killer would take
43 * effect. Systems like these are very unlikely if modules are enabled.
45 #define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50
46 static DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(kmod_concurrent_max
, MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
);
49 * This is a restriction on having *all* MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT threads
50 * running at the same time without returning. When this happens we
51 * believe you've somehow ended up with a recursive module dependency
54 * We have no option but to fail.
56 * Userspace should proactively try to detect and prevent these.
58 #define MAX_KMOD_ALL_BUSY_TIMEOUT 5
61 modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys.
63 char modprobe_path
[KMOD_PATH_LEN
] = CONFIG_MODPROBE_PATH
;
65 static void free_modprobe_argv(struct subprocess_info
*info
)
67 kfree(info
->argv
[3]); /* check call_modprobe() */
71 static int call_modprobe(char *orig_module_name
, int wait
)
73 struct subprocess_info
*info
;
74 static char *envp
[] = {
77 "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
83 char **argv
= kmalloc(sizeof(char *[5]), GFP_KERNEL
);
87 module_name
= kstrdup(orig_module_name
, GFP_KERNEL
);
91 argv
[0] = modprobe_path
;
94 argv
[3] = module_name
; /* check free_modprobe_argv() */
97 info
= call_usermodehelper_setup(modprobe_path
, argv
, envp
, GFP_KERNEL
,
98 NULL
, free_modprobe_argv
, NULL
);
100 goto free_module_name
;
102 ret
= call_usermodehelper_exec(info
, wait
| UMH_KILLABLE
);
103 kmod_dup_request_announce(orig_module_name
, ret
);
111 kmod_dup_request_announce(orig_module_name
, -ENOMEM
);
116 * __request_module - try to load a kernel module
117 * @wait: wait (or not) for the operation to complete
118 * @fmt: printf style format string for the name of the module
119 * @...: arguments as specified in the format string
121 * Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns
122 * zero on success or a negative errno code or positive exit code from
123 * "modprobe" on failure. Note that a successful module load does not mean
124 * the module did not then unload and exit on an error of its own. Callers
125 * must check that the service they requested is now available not blindly
128 * If module auto-loading support is disabled then this function
129 * simply returns -ENOENT.
131 int __request_module(bool wait
, const char *fmt
, ...)
134 char module_name
[MODULE_NAME_LEN
];
138 * We don't allow synchronous module loading from async. Module
139 * init may invoke async_synchronize_full() which will end up
140 * waiting for this task which already is waiting for the module
141 * loading to complete, leading to a deadlock.
143 WARN_ON_ONCE(wait
&& current_is_async());
145 if (!modprobe_path
[0])
149 ret
= vsnprintf(module_name
, MODULE_NAME_LEN
, fmt
, args
);
151 if (ret
>= MODULE_NAME_LEN
)
152 return -ENAMETOOLONG
;
154 ret
= security_kernel_module_request(module_name
);
158 ret
= down_timeout(&kmod_concurrent_max
, MAX_KMOD_ALL_BUSY_TIMEOUT
* HZ
);
160 pr_warn_ratelimited("request_module: modprobe %s cannot be processed, kmod busy with %d threads for more than %d seconds now",
161 module_name
, MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT
, MAX_KMOD_ALL_BUSY_TIMEOUT
);
165 trace_module_request(module_name
, wait
, _RET_IP_
);
167 if (kmod_dup_request_exists_wait(module_name
, wait
, &dup_ret
)) {
172 ret
= call_modprobe(module_name
, wait
? UMH_WAIT_PROC
: UMH_WAIT_EXEC
);
175 up(&kmod_concurrent_max
);
179 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__request_module
);