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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/connector/cn_test.c | 194 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/connector/connector.txt | 133 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c b/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b7de82e9c0e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c @@ -0,0 +1,194 @@ +/* + * cn_test.c + * + * 2004-2005 Copyright (c) Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru> + * All rights reserved. + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + * (at your option) any later version. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + */ + +#include <linux/kernel.h> +#include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/moduleparam.h> +#include <linux/skbuff.h> +#include <linux/timer.h> + +#include "connector.h" + +static struct cb_id cn_test_id = { 0x123, 0x456 }; +static char cn_test_name[] = "cn_test"; +static struct sock *nls; +static struct timer_list cn_test_timer; + +void cn_test_callback(void *data) +{ + struct cn_msg *msg = (struct cn_msg *)data; + + printk("%s: %lu: idx=%x, val=%x, seq=%u, ack=%u, len=%d: %s.\n", + __func__, jiffies, msg->id.idx, msg->id.val, + msg->seq, msg->ack, msg->len, (char *)msg->data); +} + +static int cn_test_want_notify(void) +{ + struct cn_ctl_msg *ctl; + struct cn_notify_req *req; + struct cn_msg *msg = NULL; + int size, size0; + struct sk_buff *skb; + struct nlmsghdr *nlh; + u32 group = 1; + + size0 = sizeof(*msg) + sizeof(*ctl) + 3 * sizeof(*req); + + size = NLMSG_SPACE(size0); + + skb = alloc_skb(size, GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!skb) { + printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to allocate new skb with size=%u.\n", + size); + + return -ENOMEM; + } + + nlh = NLMSG_PUT(skb, 0, 0x123, NLMSG_DONE, size - sizeof(*nlh)); + + msg = (struct cn_msg *)NLMSG_DATA(nlh); + + memset(msg, 0, size0); + + msg->id.idx = -1; + msg->id.val = -1; + msg->seq = 0x123; + msg->ack = 0x345; + msg->len = size0 - sizeof(*msg); + + ctl = (struct cn_ctl_msg *)(msg + 1); + + ctl->idx_notify_num = 1; + ctl->val_notify_num = 2; + ctl->group = group; + ctl->len = msg->len - sizeof(*ctl); + + req = (struct cn_notify_req *)(ctl + 1); + + /* + * Idx. + */ + req->first = cn_test_id.idx; + req->range = 10; + + /* + * Val 0. + */ + req++; + req->first = cn_test_id.val; + req->range = 10; + + /* + * Val 1. + */ + req++; + req->first = cn_test_id.val + 20; + req->range = 10; + + NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_groups = ctl->group; + //netlink_broadcast(nls, skb, 0, ctl->group, GFP_ATOMIC); + netlink_unicast(nls, skb, 0, 0); + + printk(KERN_INFO "Request was sent. Group=0x%x.\n", ctl->group); + + return 0; + +nlmsg_failure: + printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to send %u.%u\n", msg->seq, msg->ack); + kfree_skb(skb); + return -EINVAL; +} + +static u32 cn_test_timer_counter; +static void cn_test_timer_func(unsigned long __data) +{ + struct cn_msg *m; + char data[32]; + + m = kmalloc(sizeof(*m) + sizeof(data), GFP_ATOMIC); + if (m) { + memset(m, 0, sizeof(*m) + sizeof(data)); + + memcpy(&m->id, &cn_test_id, sizeof(m->id)); + m->seq = cn_test_timer_counter; + m->len = sizeof(data); + + m->len = + scnprintf(data, sizeof(data), "counter = %u", + cn_test_timer_counter) + 1; + + memcpy(m + 1, data, m->len); + + cn_netlink_send(m, 0, gfp_any()); + kfree(m); + } + + cn_test_timer_counter++; + + mod_timer(&cn_test_timer, jiffies + HZ); +} + +static int cn_test_init(void) +{ + int err; + + err = cn_add_callback(&cn_test_id, cn_test_name, cn_test_callback); + if (err) + goto err_out; + cn_test_id.val++; + err = cn_add_callback(&cn_test_id, cn_test_name, cn_test_callback); + if (err) { + cn_del_callback(&cn_test_id); + goto err_out; + } + + init_timer(&cn_test_timer); + cn_test_timer.function = cn_test_timer_func; + cn_test_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ; + cn_test_timer.data = 0; + add_timer(&cn_test_timer); + + return 0; + + err_out: + if (nls && nls->sk_socket) + sock_release(nls->sk_socket); + + return err; +} + +static void cn_test_fini(void) +{ + del_timer_sync(&cn_test_timer); + cn_del_callback(&cn_test_id); + cn_test_id.val--; + cn_del_callback(&cn_test_id); + if (nls && nls->sk_socket) + sock_release(nls->sk_socket); +} + +module_init(cn_test_init); +module_exit(cn_test_fini); + +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_AUTHOR("Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>"); +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Connector's test module"); diff --git a/Documentation/connector/connector.txt b/Documentation/connector/connector.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..54a0a14bfbe3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/connector/connector.txt @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +/*****************************************/ +Kernel Connector. +/*****************************************/ + +Kernel connector - new netlink based userspace <-> kernel space easy +to use communication module. + +Connector driver adds possibility to connect various agents using +netlink based network. One must register callback and +identifier. When driver receives special netlink message with +appropriate identifier, appropriate callback will be called. + +From the userspace point of view it's quite straightforward: + + socket(); + bind(); + send(); + recv(); + +But if kernelspace want to use full power of such connections, driver +writer must create special sockets, must know about struct sk_buff +handling... Connector allows any kernelspace agents to use netlink +based networking for inter-process communication in a significantly +easier way: + +int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *id, char *name, void (*callback) (void *)); +void cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 __group, int gfp_mask); + +struct cb_id +{ + __u32 idx; + __u32 val; +}; + +idx and val are unique identifiers which must be registered in +connector.h for in-kernel usage. void (*callback) (void *) - is a +callback function which will be called when message with above idx.val +will be received by connector core. Argument for that function must +be dereferenced to struct cn_msg *. + +struct cn_msg +{ + struct cb_id id; + + __u32 seq; + __u32 ack; + + __u32 len; /* Length of the following data */ + __u8 data[0]; +}; + +/*****************************************/ +Connector interfaces. +/*****************************************/ + +int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *id, char *name, void (*callback) (void *)); + +Registers new callback with connector core. + +struct cb_id *id - unique connector's user identifier. + It must be registered in connector.h for legal in-kernel users. +char *name - connector's callback symbolic name. +void (*callback) (void *) - connector's callback. + Argument must be dereferenced to struct cn_msg *. + +void cn_del_callback(struct cb_id *id); + +Unregisters new callback with connector core. + +struct cb_id *id - unique connector's user identifier. + +void cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 __groups, int gfp_mask); + +Sends message to the specified groups. It can be safely called from +any context, but may silently fail under strong memory pressure. + +struct cn_msg * - message header(with attached data). +u32 __group - destination group. + If __group is zero, then appropriate group will + be searched through all registered connector users, + and message will be delivered to the group which was + created for user with the same ID as in msg. + If __group is not zero, then message will be delivered + to the specified group. +int gfp_mask - GFP mask. + +Note: When registering new callback user, connector core assigns +netlink group to the user which is equal to it's id.idx. + +/*****************************************/ +Protocol description. +/*****************************************/ + +Current offers transport layer with fixed header. Recommended +protocol which uses such header is following: + +msg->seq and msg->ack are used to determine message genealogy. When +someone sends message it puts there locally unique sequence and random +acknowledge numbers. Sequence number may be copied into +nlmsghdr->nlmsg_seq too. + +Sequence number is incremented with each message to be sent. + +If we expect reply to our message, then sequence number in received +message MUST be the same as in original message, and acknowledge +number MUST be the same + 1. + +If we receive message and it's sequence number is not equal to one we +are expecting, then it is new message. If we receive message and it's +sequence number is the same as one we are expecting, but it's +acknowledge is not equal acknowledge number in original message + 1, +then it is new message. + +Obviously, protocol header contains above id. + +connector allows event notification in the following form: kernel +driver or userspace process can ask connector to notify it when +selected id's will be turned on or off(registered or unregistered it's +callback). It is done by sending special command to connector +driver(it also registers itself with id={-1, -1}). + +As example of usage Documentation/connector now contains cn_test.c - +testing module which uses connector to request notification and to +send messages. + +/*****************************************/ +Reliability. +/*****************************************/ + +Netlink itself is not reliable protocol, that means that messages can +be lost due to memory pressure or process' receiving queue overflowed, +so caller is warned must be prepared. That is why struct cn_msg [main +connector's message header] contains u32 seq and u32 ack fields. |