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authorChristian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>2018-04-29 12:44:11 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-05-01 10:22:40 -0400
commit26045a7b14bc7a5455e411d820110f66557d6589 (patch)
tree74a3c75215d187da2d5f63b6144d0eb31138b00f /lib/kobject_uevent.c
parente33200bc01a6cfe73aa022cd4af92c1501c1e09a (diff)
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uevent: add alloc_uevent_skb() helper
This patch adds alloc_uevent_skb() in preparation for follow up patches. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kobject_uevent.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/kobject_uevent.c47
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 15ea216a67ce..649bf60a9440 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/socket.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/uidgid.h>
#include <linux/uuid.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <net/sock.h>
@@ -296,6 +297,38 @@ static void cleanup_uevent_env(struct subprocess_info *info)
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET
+static struct sk_buff *alloc_uevent_skb(struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
+ const char *action_string,
+ const char *devpath)
+{
+ struct netlink_skb_parms *parms;
+ struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
+ char *scratch;
+ size_t len;
+
+ /* allocate message with maximum possible size */
+ len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
+ skb = alloc_skb(len + env->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!skb)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /* add header */
+ scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
+ sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
+
+ skb_put_data(skb, env->buf, env->buflen);
+
+ parms = &NETLINK_CB(skb);
+ parms->creds.uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+ parms->creds.gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
+ parms->dst_group = 1;
+ parms->portid = 0;
+
+ return skb;
+}
+#endif
+
static int kobject_uevent_net_broadcast(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
const char *action_string,
@@ -314,22 +347,10 @@ static int kobject_uevent_net_broadcast(struct kobject *kobj,
continue;
if (!skb) {
- /* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
- size_t len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
- char *scratch;
-
retval = -ENOMEM;
- skb = alloc_skb(len + env->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+ skb = alloc_uevent_skb(env, action_string, devpath);
if (!skb)
continue;
-
- /* add header */
- scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
- sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
-
- skb_put_data(skb, env->buf, env->buflen);
-
- NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
}
retval = netlink_broadcast_filtered(uevent_sock, skb_get(skb),