There some bugs reading from the user space with this application. Is my copy_to_user dont correctly?
The following is the readout from terminal:
Press r to read from device or w to write the device r
0x-1075024108 0x15123440 0xe70401 0xe6f8dc 0xe73524
0x0 0x15037588 0xbfec6f14 0xe57612 0xbfec6f34
0x15037140 0x2 0xe57334 0xc6d690 0xd696910
0x-1075024080 0x15071734 0xc737c9 0x804835a 0x2
The following is the code from apps layer:
read(fd, read_buf, sizeof(read_buf));
for(i=0;i<=(BUFF_SIZE / sizeof(int));i+=5)
printf(" 0x%x 0x%x 0x%x 0x%x 0x%x \n",
read_buf[i],read_buf[i+1],read_buf[i+2],
read_buf[i+3],read_buf[i+4]);
break;
and the following is my driver code:
#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#ifdef MODVERSIONS
# include <linux/modversions.h>
#endif
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h> // required for copy_from and copy_to user
/* character device structures */
static dev_t mmap_dev;
static struct cdev mmap_cdev;
/* methods of the character device */
static int mmap_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
static int mmap_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
/* the file operations, i.e. all character device methods */
static struct file_operations mmap_fops = {
.open = mmap_open,
.release= mmap_release,
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
};
static int *vmalloc_area;
#define NPAGES 1//16
#define BUFF_SIZE 64 // bytes
/* character device open method */
static int mmap_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
return 0;
}
/* character device last close method */
static int mmap_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
return 0;
}
ssize_t read(struct file *filp, int *buff, size_t count, loff_t *offp)
{
unsigned long bytes_left;
printk("Inside read \n");
bytes_left = copy_to_user(buff, vmalloc_area , count);
if(bytes_left<0)
bytes_left = -EFAULT;
return bytes_left;
}
/* module initialization - called at module load time */
static int __init membuff_init(void)
{
int ret = 0, i =0;
printk(KERN_ERR "#membuff_init\n");
/* allocate a memory area with vmalloc. */
if ((vmalloc_area = vmalloc(BUFF_SIZE)) == NULL) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_vfree;
}
/* get the major number of the character device */
if( (ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&mmap_dev, 0, 1, "mmap")) < 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "#membuff_init could not allocate major number for mmap\n");
goto out_vfree;
}
printk(KERN_ERR "#membuff_init Major number for mmap: %d\n",MAJOR(mmap_dev));
/* initialize the device structure and register the device with the kernel */
cdev_init(&mmap_cdev, &mmap_fops);
if ((ret = cdev_add(&mmap_cdev, mmap_dev, 1)) < 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "#membuff_init could not allocate chrdev for mmap\n");
goto out_unalloc_region;
}
for (i = 0; i < (BUFF_SIZE / sizeof(int)); i +=1) {
vmalloc_area[i] = i;
printk(KERN_ERR "#membuff_init: %d\n",vmalloc_area[i]);
}
return ret;
out_unalloc_region:
unregister_chrdev_region(mmap_dev, 1);
out_vfree:
if(vmalloc_area)
vfree(vmalloc_area);
return ret;
}
/* module unload */
static void __exit mmap_exit(void)
{
if(vmalloc_area)
vfree(vmalloc_area);
/* remove the character deivce */
cdev_del(&mmap_cdev);
unregister_chrdev_region(mmap_dev, 1);
printk(KERN_ERR "#mmap_exit\n");
}
module_init(membuff_init);
module_exit(mmap_exit);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("trying out copy_to_user");
MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
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I have developed a simple linux kernel module :
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
ssize_t exer_open(struct inode *pinode, struct file *pfile) {
return 0;
}
ssize_t exer_read(struct file *pfile, char __user *buffer, size_t length, loff_t *offset) {
return 0;
}
ssize_t exer_write(struct file *pfile, const char __user *buffer, size_t length, loff_t *offset) {
return length;
}
ssize_t exer_close(struct inode *pinode, struct file *pfile) {
return 0;
}
struct file_operations exer_file_operations = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = exer_open,
.read = exer_read,
.write = exer_write,
.release = exer_close,
};
int exer_simple_module_init(void) {
printk(KERN_ALERT "Inside the %s function\n", __FUNCTION__);
register_chrdev(240, "Simple Char Drv", &exer_file_operations);
return 0;
}
void exer_simple_module_exit(void) {
unregister_chrdev(240, "Simple Char Drv");
}
module_init(exer_simple_module_init);
module_exit(exer_simple_module_exit);
I insert this module to the kernel using insmod command without any problem.
I want to use this module to print a message sent to it by user space program that I have developed too :
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<errno.h>
#include<fcntl.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<unistd.h>
int main()
{
int ret, fd;
char stringToSend[] = "Hello World !";
fd = open("/dev/char_device", O_RDWR); // Open the device with read/write access
if (fd < 0)
{
perror("Failed to open the device...");
return errno;
}
ret = write(fd, stringToSend, strlen(stringToSend)); // Send the string to the LKM
if (ret < 0)
{
perror("Failed to write the message to the device.");
return errno;
}
return 0;
}
When I execute the program and examin the kernel logs using tail -f /var/log/messages command I can see : user.alert kernel: Inside the exer_read function But I cant see the message " Hello World !"
I don't know what I am missing here especially I still beginner in developing modules and using it. Help me please!
For people who still can't find a solution for that, I have an answer.
This is the module :
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Gaston");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A simple Linux char driver");
MODULE_VERSION("0.1");
#define MAX 256
static char message[MAX] =""; ///< Memory for the string that is passed from userspace
ssize_t exer_open(struct inode *pinode, struct file *pfile) {
printk(KERN_INFO "Device has been opened\n");
return 0;
}
ssize_t exer_read(struct file *pfile, char __user *buffer, size_t length, loff_t *offset) {
return 0;
}
ssize_t exer_write(struct file *pfile, const char __user *buffer, size_t length, loff_t *offset) {
if (length > MAX)
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_from_user(message, buffer, length) != 0)
return -EFAULT;
printk(KERN_INFO "Received %s characters from the user\n", message);
return 0;
}
ssize_t exer_close(struct inode *pinode, struct file *pfile) {
printk(KERN_INFO "Device successfully closed\n");
return 0;
}
struct file_operations exer_file_operations = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = exer_open,
.read = exer_read,
.write = exer_write,
.release = exer_close,
};
int exer_simple_module_init(void) {
printk(KERN_INFO "Initializing the LKM\n");
register_chrdev(240, "Simple Char Drv", &exer_file_operations);
return 0;
}
void exer_simple_module_exit(void) {
unregister_chrdev(240, "Simple Char Drv");
}
module_init(exer_simple_module_init);
module_exit(exer_simple_module_exit);
Ans this is the application :
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<errno.h>
#include<fcntl.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<unistd.h>
#define BUFFER_LENGTH 256
int main()
{
int ret, fd;
char stringToSend[BUFFER_LENGTH];
fd = open("/dev/char_device", O_RDWR); // Open the device with read/write access
if (fd < 0)
{
perror("Failed to open the device...");
return errno;
}
printf("Type in a short string to send to the kernel module:\n");
scanf("%s", stringToSend); // Read in a string (with spaces)
printf("Writing message to the device [%s].\n", stringToSend);
ret = write(fd, stringToSend, strlen(stringToSend)); // Send the string to the LKM
if (ret < 0)
{
perror("Failed to write the message to the device.");
return errno;
}
return 0;
}
You will see that this will work fine.
I am making one simple char driver and I learnt that there are 2 ways I can get Major number for my driver to pair with - alloc_chrdev_region(and register_chrdev_region) and register_chrdev. I initially started with register_chrdev and it gave me my major number and also created entry in /dev (class and device create used).
But when I change for register_chrdev to alloc_chrdev_region to acquire major number (using chrdev_init and chrdev_add), leaving rest of the entry function same, I don't see an entry in /dev, though when I make it manually with mknode, and run the test application to use the driver, it works fine.
Below is the code of entry point that does not produce the /dev entry
#include<linux/module.h>
#include<linux/init.h>
#include<linux/fs.h>
#include<linux/device.h>
#include<linux/kernel.h>
#include<linux/slab.h>
#include<linux/uaccess.h>
#include<linux/stat.h>
#include<linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
#define DEVICE_NAME "myCharDevice"
#define MODULE_NAME "myCharDriver"
#define CLASS_NAME "myCharClass"
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("YASH BHATT");
MODULE_VERSION(".01");
static char *bufferMemory;
static int bufferPointer;
static int bufferSize = 15;
static dev_t myChrDevid;
static struct cdev *myChrDevCdev;
static struct class *pmyCharClass;
static struct device *pmyCharDevice;
int majorNumber = 0;
static int charDriverOpen(struct inode *inodep, struct file *filep);
static int charDriverClose(struct inode *inodep, struct file *filep);
static ssize_t charDriverWrite(struct file *filep, const char *buffer, size_t len, loff_t *offset);
static ssize_t charDriverRead(struct file *filep, char *buffer, size_t len, loff_t *offset);
static int charDriverEntry(void);
static void charDriverExit(void);
static ssize_t attrShowData(struct device*, struct device_attribute*, char*);
static ssize_t attrStoreData(struct device*, struct device_attribute*, const char*, size_t);
static ssize_t attrShowBuffer(struct device*, struct device_attribute*, char*);
static ssize_t attrStoreBuffer(struct device*, struct device_attribute*, const char*, size_t);
/* The following function is called when the file placed on the sysfs is accessed for read*/
static ssize_t attrShowData(struct device* pDev, struct device_attribute* attr, char* buffer)
{
printk(KERN_INFO "MESG: The data has been accessed through the entry in sysfs\n");
if (bufferPointer == 0)
{
printk(KERN_WARNING "Thre is no data to read from buffer!\n");
return -1;
}
strncpy(buffer, bufferMemory, bufferPointer);
/* Note : Here we can directly use strncpy because we are already in kernel space and do not need to translate address*/
return bufferPointer;
}
static ssize_t attrStoreData(struct device* pDev, struct device_attribute* attr, const char* buffer, size_t length)
{
printk(KERN_INFO "Writing to attribute\n");
bufferPointer = length;
strncpy(bufferMemory, buffer, length);
return length;
}
static ssize_t attrShowBuffer(struct device* pDev, struct device_attribute* attr, char* buffer)
{
int counter;
int temp = bufferSize;
char bufferSizeArray[4] = {0};
counter = 3;
//printk(KERN_INFO "Buffer = %d\n",bufferSize % 10);
do
{
bufferSizeArray[counter] = '0' + (bufferSize % 10);
//printk(KERN_INFO "Character at %d is : %c\n",counter,bufferSizeArray[counter]);
bufferSize /= 10;
counter--;
}
while(counter != -1);
strncpy(buffer, bufferSizeArray, 4);
bufferSize = temp;
/* Note : Here we can directly use strncpy because we are already in kernel space and do not need to translate address*/
return 4;
}
static ssize_t attrStoreBuffer(struct device* pDev, struct device_attribute* attr, const char* buffer, size_t length)
{
int counter;
bufferPointer = length;
//printk(KERN_INFO "Length : %d With first char %c\n",length,buffer[0]);
bufferSize = 0;
for (counter = 0; counter < length-1 ; counter++)
{
bufferSize = (bufferSize * 10) + (buffer[counter] - '0') ;
}
//printk(KERN_INFO "Buffer size new : %d\n",bufferSize);
return length;
}
/* These macros converts the function in to instances dev_attr_<_name>*/
/* Defination of the macro is as follows : DEVICE_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) */
/* Note the actual implementation of the macro makes an entry in the struct device_attribute. This macro does that for us */
static DEVICE_ATTR(ShowData, S_IRWXU, attrShowData, attrStoreData); // S_IRUSR gives read access to the user
static DEVICE_ATTR(Buffer, S_IRWXU, attrShowBuffer, attrStoreBuffer); // S_IRUSR gives read access to the user
static struct file_operations fops =
{
.open = charDriverOpen,
.release = charDriverClose,
.read = charDriverRead,
.write = charDriverWrite,
};
static int __init charDriverEntry()
{
int returnValue;
//majorNumber = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &fops);
returnValue = alloc_chrdev_region(&myChrDevid, 0, 1, DEVICE_NAME);
/* This function takes 4 arguments - dev_t address, start of minor number, range/count of minor number, Name; Note - unlike register_chrdev fops have not
yet been tied to the major number */
if (returnValue < 0)
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "ERROR : can not aquire major number! error %d",returnValue);
return -1;
}
printk(KERN_INFO "Aquired Major Number! : %d\n", MAJOR(myChrDevid));
//cdev_init(&myChrDevCdev,&fops);
myChrDevCdev = cdev_alloc();
if (IS_ERR(myChrDevCdev))
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "Failed to allocate space for CharDev struct\n");
unregister_chrdev_region(myChrDevid, 1);
return -1;
}
cdev_init(myChrDevCdev,&fops);
myChrDevCdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
//myChrDevCdev->ops = &fops;/* this function inits the c_dev structure with memset 0 and then does basic konject setup and then adds fops to cdev struct*/
/* this function adds the cdev to the kernel structure so that it becomes available for the users to use it */
// Now we will create class for this device
pmyCharClass = class_create(THIS_MODULE,CLASS_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(pmyCharClass))
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "Failed to Register Class\n");
cdev_del(myChrDevCdev);
kfree(myChrDevCdev);
unregister_chrdev_region(myChrDevid, 1);
return -1;
}
printk(KERN_INFO "Class created!\n");
pmyCharDevice = device_create(pmyCharClass, NULL, MKDEV(majorNumber,0),NULL,DEVICE_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(pmyCharDevice))
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "Failed to Register Class\n");
class_unregister(pmyCharClass);
class_destroy(pmyCharClass);
cdev_del(myChrDevCdev);
kfree(myChrDevCdev);
unregister_chrdev_region(myChrDevid, 1);
return -1;
}
printk(KERN_INFO "Device created!\n");
returnValue = cdev_add(myChrDevCdev, myChrDevid, 1);
if (returnValue < 0)
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "Failed to add chdev \n");
return -1;
}
/* We now have created the class and we have aquired major numer. But we have not yet tied out created fileops with anything.
We will do that now */
//returnValue = cdev_init(cdev)
printk(KERN_INFO "Now We will create the attribute entry in sysfs\n");
/* the function used is device_create_file(struct device *, struct device_attribute*) */
device_create_file(pmyCharDevice, &dev_attr_ShowData); // The second argumnet is the structure created by the DEVICE_ATTR macro
device_create_file(pmyCharDevice, &dev_attr_Buffer);
return 0;
}
static void __exit charDriverExit()
{
device_remove_file(pmyCharDevice, &dev_attr_Buffer);
device_remove_file(pmyCharDevice, &dev_attr_ShowData);
device_destroy(pmyCharClass, MKDEV(majorNumber,0));
class_unregister(pmyCharClass);
class_destroy(pmyCharClass);
//unregister_chrdev(majorNumber,DEVICE_NAME);
cdev_del(myChrDevCdev);
unregister_chrdev_region(myChrDevid, 1);
kfree(myChrDevCdev);
printk(KERN_INFO "Unmounting module done !\n");
}
static int charDriverOpen(struct inode *inodep, struct file *filep)
{
if ((filep->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDWR)
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "WARNING : This driver can only be opened in both read and write mode\n");
return -1;
}
printk(KERN_INFO "INFO : CHARATER DRIVER OPENED\n");
bufferMemory = kmalloc(bufferSize,GFP_KERNEL);
bufferPointer = 0;
return 0;
}
static int charDriverClose(struct inode *inodep, struct file *filep)
{
kfree(bufferMemory);
printk(KERN_INFO "INFO : CHARACTER DRIVER CLOSED\n");
return 0;
}
static ssize_t charDriverWrite(struct file *filep, const char *buffer, size_t len, loff_t *offset)
{
// Here we will only allow to write one byte of data
if (len > bufferSize)
{
printk(KERN_WARNING "Attempted to write data larger than 15 byte!\n");
return 0;
}
//bufferMemory[bufferPointer] = *buffer;
copy_from_user(bufferMemory, buffer, len);
bufferPointer += len;
return len;
}
static ssize_t charDriverRead(struct file *filep, char *buffer, size_t len, loff_t *offset)
{
if(len > bufferSize || len > bufferPointer)
{
printk(KERN_WARNING "Attempting to read more than buffer size ! Deny\n");
return 0;
}
copy_to_user(buffer, bufferMemory, len);
// buffer[0] = bufferMemory[0];
bufferPointer -= len;
return len;
}
module_init(charDriverEntry);
module_exit(charDriverExit);
module_param(bufferSize, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(bufferSize, "Buffer Memory Size [15]");
Now if I replace the while alloc_chrdev_region, cdev_init and cdev_add with just register_chrdev(), The entry in /dev pops up. I am unable to figure out what more does register_chrdev() do that the former combination does not.
Thank you
Edit : Found the issue.
it was due to using MKDEV(majorNumber, 0); Without actually storing major number in the majorNumber variable using MAJOR();
Not deleting the question as someone can find it useful
I implement mmap function, and mount it to file operation.
And create a file in /proc.
but when I insmod, it responses "mmap_example2: Unknown symbol _page_cachable_default
insmod: can't insert 'mmap_example2.ko': unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter"
when i remove mmap function from file operations, it can be inserted.
so do i neglect something? how to make mmap work in procfs?
the code is below
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#define FILE_NAME "test"
typedef enum ALLOC_TYPE
{
KMALLOC = 0, VMALLOC, MAX_ALLOC_TYPE,
} eAllocType;
static unsigned char array[10]={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
static unsigned char *buffer;
static int file_open(struct inode *pInode, struct file *pFile)
{
printk("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
return 0;
}
static int file_release(struct inode *pInode, struct file *pFile)
{
printk("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
return 0;
}
static int file_mmap(struct file *pFile, struct vm_area_struct* pVMA)
{
unsigned long page;
unsigned char i;
unsigned long start = (unsigned long)pVMA->vm_start;
unsigned long size = (unsigned long)(pVMA->vm_end - pVMA->vm_start);
page = virt_to_phys(buffer);
if(remap_pfn_range(pVMA,start,page>>PAGE_SHIFT,size,PAGE_SHARED))
return -1;
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
buffer[i] = array[i];
return 0;
}
struct file_operations file_ops =
{
.open = file_open,
.release = file_release,
.mmap = file_mmap,
};
static int mmap_example2_init(void)
{
struct proc_dir_entry* entry = NULL;
printk("%s init\n", __FUNCTION__);
if(!(entry = create_proc_entry(FILE_NAME,0666,NULL)))
{
printk("%s fail to create proc file\n",__FUNCTION__);
return -EINVAL;
}
entry->proc_fops = &file_ops;
buffer = kmalloc(10,GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buffer)
{
printk("allocate mem error\n");
return -1;
}
SetPageReserved(virt_to_page(buffer));
return 0;
}
static void mmap_example2_exit(void)
{
printk("%s exit\n", __FUNCTION__);
remove_proc_entry(FILE_NAME,NULL);
ClearPageReserved(virt_to_page(buffer));
kfree(buffer);
}
module_init(mmap_example2_init);
module_exit(mmap_example2_exit);
To add file_operations use proc_create instead of create_proc_entry and pass it your file_operation object
static struct file_operations myops =
{
.read = myread,
.mmap = mymmap,
};
static int simple_init(void)
{
ent=proc_create("mytest",0660,NULL,&myops);
printk(KERN_ALERT "hello, module %d...\n",irq);
return 0;
}
I have written a kretprobe to hook on to the randomize_stack_top() function mentioned in fs/binfmt_elf.c file. On loading the LKM with insmod the register_kretprobe() call fails with a return value of -2. How do I go about debugging/rectifying that in order to get my module started ?
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/binfmts.h>
#include <linux/elf.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/current.h>
#include <asm/param.h>
/* Global variables */
int randomize_stack_retval;
// randomize_stack_top() kretprobe specific declarations
static char stack_name[NAME_MAX] = "randomize_stack_top";
static int randomize_stack_top_entry_handler(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
return 0;
}
static int randomize_stack_top_ret_handler(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
randomize_stack_retval = regs_return_value(regs); //store in global variable
printk(KERN_INFO "%d\n",randomize_stack_retval);
return 0;
}
//randomize_stack_top return probe
static struct kretprobe randomize_kretprobe = {
.handler = randomize_stack_top_ret_handler,
.entry_handler = randomize_stack_top_entry_handler,
.maxactive = NR_CPUS,
};
/* Register kretprobe */
static int __init kretprobe_init(void)
{
int ret;
randomize_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name = stack_name;
ret = register_kretprobe(&randomize_kretprobe);
if (ret < 0) {
printk(KERN_INFO "register_kretprobe failed, returned %d\n",
ret);
return -1;
}
printk(KERN_INFO "Planted return probe at %s: %p\n",
randomize_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name, randomize_kretprobe.kp.addr);
return 0;
}
/* Unregister kretprobe */
static void __exit kretprobe_exit(void)
{
unregister_kretprobe(&randomize_kretprobe);
printk(KERN_INFO "kretprobe at %p unregistered\n",
randomize_kretprobe.kp.addr);
// nmissed > 0 suggests that maxactive was set too low.
printk(KERN_INFO "Missed probing %d instances of %s\n",
randomize_kretprobe.nmissed, randomize_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name);
}
module_init(kretprobe_init);
module_exit(kretprobe_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-2 corresponds to -ENOENT (you can check that in include/uapi/asm-generic/errno-base.h). Probably, it means that kprobe cannot find symbol with given name.
Note, that randomize_stack_top is static function with a short implementation and it is used only once. So it can be inlined by the gcc.
I have been following the Linux 2.6 Kernel Module Programming Guide, when I ran into the first example from Chapter 5, called procfs1.c.
It would not compile out of the box, and after checking various related questions, it still took me quite some time to figure out the correct changes to make it compile and work as intended.
Therefore, I am posting my updated code for people in the future. I am running kernel 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64.
Here is an updated version of the example that works with kernel version 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64.
/*
* procfs1.c - create a "file" in /proc
*
*/
#include <linux/module.h> /* Specifically, a module */
#include <linux/kernel.h> /* We're doing kernel work */
#include <linux/proc_fs.h> /* Necessary because we use the proc fs */
#define procfs_name "helloworld"
/**
* This structure hold information about the /proc file
*
*/
struct proc_dir_entry *Our_Proc_File;
static ssize_t procfile_read(struct file *filp,
char *buffer,
size_t length,
loff_t * offset)
{
int ret;
printk(KERN_INFO "procfile_read (/proc/%s) called\n", procfs_name);
if (*offset > 0) {
/* we have finished to read, return 0 */
ret = 0;
} else {
/* fill the buffer, return the buffer size */
ret = sprintf(buffer, "HelloWorld!\n");
*offset = ret;
}
return ret;
}
static struct file_operations fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.read = procfile_read,
};
int init_module()
{
Our_Proc_File = proc_create(procfs_name, S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL, &fops);
if (Our_Proc_File == NULL) {
remove_proc_entry(procfs_name, NULL);
printk(KERN_ALERT "Error: Could not initialize /proc/%s\n",
procfs_name);
return -ENOMEM;
}
Our_Proc_File->uid = 0;
Our_Proc_File->gid = 0;
Our_Proc_File->size = 37;
printk(KERN_INFO "/proc/%s created\n", procfs_name);
return 0; /* everything is ok */
}
void cleanup_module()
{
remove_proc_entry(procfs_name, NULL);
printk(KERN_INFO "/proc/%s removed\n", procfs_name);
}