/* procfs.c - create a "file" in /proc, which allows
* both input and output.
*/
/* Copyright (C) 1998-1999 by Ori Pomerantz */
/* The necessary header files */
/* Standard in kernel modules */
#include <linux/kernel.h> /* We're doing kernel work */
#include <linux/module.h> /* Specifically, a module */
/* Deal with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS */
#if CONFIG_MODVERSIONS==1
#define MODVERSIONS
#include <linux/modversions.h>
#endif
/* Necessary because we use proc fs */
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
/* In 2.2.3 /usr/include/linux/version.h includes a
* macro for this, but 2.0.35 doesn't - so I add it
* here if necessary. */
#ifndef KERNEL_VERSION
#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) ((a)*65536+(b)*256+(c))
#endif
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0)
#include <asm/uaccess.h> /* for get_user and put_user */
#endif
/* The module's file functions ********************** */
/* Here we keep the last message received, to prove
* that we can process our input */
#define MESSAGE_LENGTH 80
static char Message[MESSAGE_LENGTH];
/* Since we use the file operations struct, we can't
* use the special proc output provisions - we have to
* use a standard read function, which is this function */
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0)
static ssize_t module_output(
struct file *file, /* The file read */
char *buf, /* The buffer to put data to (in the user segment) */
size_t len, /* The length of the buffer */
loff_t *offset) /* Offset in the file - ignore */
#else
static int module_output(
struct inode *inode, /* The inode read */
struct file *file, /* The file read */
char *buf, /* The buffer to put data to (in the user segment) */
int len) /* The length of the buffer */
#endif
{
static int finished = 0;
int i;
char message[MESSAGE_LENGTH+30];
/* We return 0 to indicate end of file, that we have
* no more information. Otherwise, processes will
* continue to read from us in an endless loop. */
if (finished) {
finished = 0;
return 0;
}
/* We use put_user to copy the string from the kernel's
* memory segment to the memory segment of the process
* that called us. get_user, BTW, is
* used for the reverse. */
sprintf(message, "Last input:%s", Message);
for(i=0; i<len && message[i]; i++) put_user(message[i], buf+i);
/* Notice, we assume here that the size of the message
* is below len, or it will be received cut. In a real
* life situation, if the size of the message is less
* than len then we'd return len and on the second call
* start filling the buffer with the len+1'th byte of the message. */
finished = 1;
return i; /* Return the number of bytes "read" */
}
/* This function receives input from the user when the
* user writes to the /proc file. */
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0)
static ssize_t module_input(
struct file *file, /* The file itself */
const char *buf, /* The buffer with input */
size_t length, /* The buffer's length */
loff_t *offset) /* offset to file - ignore */
#else
static int module_input(
struct inode *inode, /* The file's inode */
struct file *file, /* The file itself */
const char *buf, /* The buffer with the input */
int length) /* The buffer's length */
#endif
{
int i;
/* Put the input into Message, where module_output will later be able to use it */
for (i=0; i<MESSAGE_LENGTH-1 && i<length; i++)
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,0)
get_user(Message[i], buf+i);
/* In version 2.2 the semantics of get_user changed,
* it not longer returns a character, but expects a
* variable to fill up as its first argument and a
* user segment pointer to fill it from as the its second.
*
* The reason for this change is that the version 2.2
* get_user can also read an short or an int. The way
* it knows the type of the variable it should read
* is by using sizeof, and for that it needs the
* variable itself. */
#else
Message[i] = get_user(buf+i);
#endif
Message[i] = '\0'; /* we want a standard, zero terminated string */
/* We need to return the number of input characters used */
return i;
}
/* This function decides whether to allow an operation
* (return zero) or not allow it (return a non-zero
* which indicates why it is not allowed).
*
* The operation can be one of the following values:
* 0 - Execute (run the "file" - meaningless in our case)
* 2 - Write (input to the kernel module)
* 4 - Read (output from the kernel module)
*
* This is the real function that checks file
* permissions. The permissions returned by ls -l are
* for reference only, and can be overridden here. */
static int module_permission(struct inode *inode, int op) {
/* We allow everybody to read from our module, but only root (uid 0) may write to it */
if (op == 4 || (op == 2 && current->euid == 0)) return 0;
/* If it's anything else, access is denied */
return -EACCES;
}
/* The file is opened - we don't really care about