[PATCH v2] genl: modify genl_ctrl_resolve and friends to allow for module auto-loading
Thomas Graf
tgraf at infradead.org
Sun Jun 3 07:59:59 EDT 2012
On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 12:59:24PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
> Generic netlink has the ability to autoload modules in response to a request for
> a family. Currently libnl uses a GETFAMILY call with the NLM_F_DUMP flag to
> list all the available families, but doing so neglects the possibility of an
> autoloaded module. This patch modifies the genl code to probe the kernel for a
> specific family rather than dumping a list of all the currenlty available ones,
> making autoload work properly.
Applied, thanks Neil!
I took the liberty to slightly modify the patch. I hope you don't mind.
I changed genl_ctrl_probe_by_name() to create a clone of the socket cb
structure instead of modying it directly. This avoids overwriting the
NL_CB_VALID callback a user might have set on the socket.
I moved the mcast parsing code into its own function to share it with
the msg_parser() function.
I added a small test case to tests/test-genl.c to run genl_ctrl_resolve()
and make sure it works.
Maybe you can have a quick look over the new patch and yell if you
disagree with anything
commit 0c408aad1fc564b53d6382f1076019a7694adff4
Author: Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com>
Date: Fri Jun 1 12:59:24 2012 -0400
genl: modify genl_ctrl_resolve and friends to allow for module auto-loading
Generic netlink has the ability to autoload modules in response to a request for
a family. Currently libnl uses a GETFAMILY call with the NLM_F_DUMP flag to
list all the available families, but doing so neglects the possibility of an
autoloaded module. This patch modifies the genl code to probe the kernel for a
specific family rather than dumping a list of all the currenlty available ones,
making autoload work properly.
Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com>
CC: Thomas Graf <tgraf at redhat.com>
diff --git a/lib/genl/ctrl.c b/lib/genl/ctrl.c
index ddb7603..3902f09 100644
--- a/lib/genl/ctrl.c
+++ b/lib/genl/ctrl.c
@@ -61,6 +61,47 @@ static struct nla_policy family_grp_policy[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_MAX+1] = {
[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_ID] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
};
+static int parse_mcast_grps(struct genl_family *family, struct nlattr *grp_attr)
+{
+ struct nlattr *nla;
+ int remaining, err;
+
+ if (!grp_attr)
+ BUG();
+
+ nla_for_each_nested(nla, grp_attr, remaining) {
+ struct nlattr *tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_MAX+1];
+ int id;
+ const char * name;
+
+ err = nla_parse_nested(tb, CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_MAX, nla,
+ family_grp_policy);
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto errout;
+
+ if (tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_ID] == NULL) {
+ err = -NLE_MISSING_ATTR;
+ goto errout;
+ }
+ id = nla_get_u32(tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_ID]);
+
+ if (tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_NAME] == NULL) {
+ err = -NLE_MISSING_ATTR;
+ goto errout;
+ }
+ name = nla_get_string(tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_NAME]);
+
+ err = genl_family_add_grp(family, id, name);
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto errout;
+ }
+
+ err = 0;
+
+errout:
return err;
+}
+
static int ctrl_msg_parser(struct nl_cache_ops *ops, struct genl_cmd *cmd,
struct genl_info *info, void *arg)
{
@@ -137,45 +178,115 @@ static int ctrl_msg_parser(struct nl_cache_ops *ops, struct genl_cmd *cmd,
}
if (info->attrs[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GROUPS]) {
- struct nlattr *nla, *nla_grps;
- int remaining;
+ err = parse_mcast_grps(family, info->attrs[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GROUPS]);
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto errout;
+ }
- nla_grps = info->attrs[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GROUPS];
- nla_for_each_nested(nla, nla_grps, remaining) {
- struct nlattr *tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_MAX+1];
- int id;
- const char * name;
+ err = pp->pp_cb((struct nl_object *) family, pp);
+errout:
+ genl_family_put(family);
+ return err;
+}
- err = nla_parse_nested(tb, CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_MAX, nla,
- family_grp_policy);
- if (err < 0)
- goto errout;
+/**
+ * process responses from from the query sent by genl_ctrl_probe_by_name
+ * @arg nl_msg Returned message.
+ * @arg name genl_family structure to fill out.
+ *
+ * Process returned messages, filling out the missing informatino in the
+ * genl_family structure
+ *
+ * @return Indicator to keep processing frames or not
+ *
+ */
+static int probe_response(struct nl_msg *msg, void *arg)
+{
+ struct nlattr *tb[CTRL_ATTR_MAX+1];
+ struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(msg);
+ struct genl_family *ret = (struct genl_family *)arg;
- if (tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_ID] == NULL) {
- err = -NLE_MISSING_ATTR;
- goto errout;
- }
- id = nla_get_u32(tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_ID]);
+ if (genlmsg_parse(nlh, 0, tb, CTRL_ATTR_MAX, ctrl_policy))
+ return NL_SKIP;
- if (tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_NAME] == NULL) {
- err = -NLE_MISSING_ATTR;
- goto errout;
- }
- name = nla_get_string(tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_NAME]);
+ if (tb[CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_ID])
+ genl_family_set_id(ret, nla_get_u16(tb[CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_ID]));
- err = genl_family_add_grp(family, id, name);
- if (err < 0)
- goto errout;
- }
+ if (tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GROUPS])
+ if (parse_mcast_grps(ret, tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GROUPS]) < 0)
+ return NL_SKIP;
+
+ return NL_STOP;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Look up generic netlink family by family name querying the kernel directly
+ * @arg sk Socket.
+ * @arg name Family name.
+ *
+ * Directly query's the kernel for a given family name. The caller will own a
+ * reference on the returned object which needsd to be given back after usage
+ * using genl_family_put.
+ *
+ * Note: This API call differs from genl_ctrl_search_by_name in that it querys
+ * the kernel directly, alowing for module autoload to take place to resolve the
+ * family request. Using an nl_cache prevents that operation
+ *
+ * @return Generic netlink family object or NULL if no match was found.
+ */
+static struct genl_family *genl_ctrl_probe_by_name(struct nl_sock *sk, const char *name)
+{
+ struct nl_msg *msg;
+ struct genl_family *ret = NULL;
+ struct nl_cb *cb;
+ int rc;
+
+ ret = genl_family_alloc();
+ if (!ret)
+ goto out;
+
+ genl_family_set_name(ret, name);
+
+ msg = nlmsg_alloc();
+ if (!msg)
+ goto out_fam_free;
+ if (!(cb = nl_cb_clone(nl_socket_get_cb(sk))))
+ goto out_msg_free;
+
+
+ genlmsg_put(msg, NL_AUTO_PID, NL_AUTO_SEQ, GENL_ID_CTRL,
+ 0, 0, CTRL_CMD_GETFAMILY, 1);
+
+ if (nla_put_string(msg, CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_NAME, name))
+ goto out_cb_free;
+
+ rc = nl_send_auto_complete(sk, msg);
+ if (rc < 0)
+ goto out_cb_free;
+
+ nl_cb_set(cb, NL_CB_VALID, NL_CB_CUSTOM, probe_response, (void *)ret);
+
+ nl_recvmsgs(sk, cb);
+
+ if (genl_family_get_id(ret) != 0) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ nl_cb_put(cb);
+ return ret;
}
- err = pp->pp_cb((struct nl_object *) family, pp);
-errout:
- genl_family_put(family);
- return err;
+out_cb_free:
+ nl_cb_put(cb);
+out_msg_free:
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+out_fam_free:
+ genl_family_put(ret);
+ ret = NULL;
+out:
+ return ret;
}
+
/** @endcond */
/**
@@ -299,14 +410,10 @@ struct genl_family *genl_ctrl_search_by_name(struct nl_cache *cache,
*/
int genl_ctrl_resolve(struct nl_sock *sk, const char *name)
{
- struct nl_cache *cache;
struct genl_family *family;
int err;
- if ((err = genl_ctrl_alloc_cache(sk, &cache)) < 0)
- return err;
-
- family = genl_ctrl_search_by_name(cache, name);
+ family = genl_ctrl_probe_by_name(sk, name);
if (family == NULL) {
err = -NLE_OBJ_NOTFOUND;
goto errout;
@@ -315,8 +422,6 @@ int genl_ctrl_resolve(struct nl_sock *sk, const char *name)
err = genl_family_get_id(family);
genl_family_put(family);
errout:
- nl_cache_free(cache);
-
return err;
}
@@ -348,14 +453,11 @@ static int genl_ctrl_grp_by_name(const struct genl_family *family,
int genl_ctrl_resolve_grp(struct nl_sock *sk, const char *family_name,
const char *grp_name)
{
- struct nl_cache *cache;
+
struct genl_family *family;
int err;
- if ((err = genl_ctrl_alloc_cache(sk, &cache)) < 0)
- return err;
-
- family = genl_ctrl_search_by_name(cache, family_name);
+ family = genl_ctrl_probe_by_name(sk, family_name);
if (family == NULL) {
err = -NLE_OBJ_NOTFOUND;
goto errout;
@@ -364,8 +466,6 @@ int genl_ctrl_resolve_grp(struct nl_sock *sk, const char *family_name,
err = genl_ctrl_grp_by_name(family, grp_name);
genl_family_put(family);
errout:
- nl_cache_free(cache);
-
return err;
}
diff --git a/tests/test-genl.c b/tests/test-genl.c
index 63862b3..74aea10 100644
--- a/tests/test-genl.c
+++ b/tests/test-genl.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
if ((err = genl_ops_resolve(sock, &ops)) < 0)
nl_cli_fatal(err, "Unable to resolve family name");
+ if (genl_ctrl_resolve(sock, "nlctrl") != GENL_ID_CTRL)
+ nl_cli_fatal(NLE_INVAL, "Resolving of \"nlctrl\" failed");
+
msg = nlmsg_alloc();
if (msg == NULL)
nl_cli_fatal(NLE_NOMEM, "Unable to allocate netlink message");
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