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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Denys Vlasenko
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
+ */
+
+//config:config UEVENT
+//config:	bool "uevent"
+//config:	default y
+//config:	select PLATFORM_LINUX
+//config:	help
+//config:	  uevent is a netlink listener for kernel uevent notifications
+//config:	  sent via netlink. It is usually used for dynamic device creation.
+
+//applet:IF_UEVENT(APPLET(uevent, BB_DIR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
+
+//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_UEVENT) += uevent.o
+
+//usage:#define uevent_trivial_usage
+//usage:       "[PROG [ARGS]]"
+//usage:#define uevent_full_usage "\n\n"
+//usage:       "uevent runs PROG for every netlink notification."
+//usage:   "\n""PROG's environment contains data passed from the kernel."
+//usage:   "\n""Typical usage (daemon for dynamic device node creation):"
+//usage:   "\n""	# uevent mdev & mdev -s"
+
+#include "libbb.h"
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+
+#define BUFFER_SIZE 16*1024
+
+#define env ((char **)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
+enum {
+	MAX_ENV = COMMON_BUFSIZE / sizeof(env[0]) - 1,
+};
+
+#ifndef SO_RCVBUFFORCE
+#define SO_RCVBUFFORCE 33
+#endif
+static const int RCVBUF = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+int uevent_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+int uevent_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_nl sa;
+	int fd;
+
+	argv++;
+
+	// Subscribe for UEVENT kernel messages
+	sa.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
+	sa.nl_pad = 0;
+	sa.nl_pid = getpid();
+	sa.nl_groups = 1 << 0;
+	fd = xsocket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT);
+	xbind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sa, sizeof(sa));
+	close_on_exec_on(fd);
+
+	// Without a sufficiently big RCVBUF, a ton of simultaneous events
+	// can trigger ENOBUFS on read, which is unrecoverable.
+	// Reproducer:
+	//	uevent mdev &
+	// 	find /sys -name uevent -exec sh -c 'echo add >"{}"' ';'
+	//
+	// SO_RCVBUFFORCE (root only) can go above net.core.rmem_max sysctl
+	setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF,      &RCVBUF, sizeof(RCVBUF));
+	setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUFFORCE, &RCVBUF, sizeof(RCVBUF));
+	if (0) {
+		int z;
+		socklen_t zl = sizeof(z);
+		getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &z, &zl);
+		bb_error_msg("SO_RCVBUF:%d", z);
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		char *netbuf;
+		char *s, *end;
+		ssize_t len;
+		int idx;
+
+		// In many cases, a system sits for *days* waiting
+		// for a new uevent notification to come in.
+		// We use a fresh mmap so that buffer is not allocated
+		// until kernel actually starts filling it.
+		netbuf = mmap(NULL, BUFFER_SIZE,
+					PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+					MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON,
+					/* ignored: */ -1, 0);
+		if (netbuf == MAP_FAILED)
+			bb_perror_msg_and_die("mmap");
+
+		// Here we block, possibly for a very long time
+		len = safe_read(fd, netbuf, BUFFER_SIZE - 1);
+		if (len < 0)
+			bb_perror_msg_and_die("read");
+		end = netbuf + len;
+		*end = '\0';
+
+		// Each netlink message starts with "ACTION@/path"
+		// (which we currently ignore),
+		// followed by environment variables.
+		if (!argv[0])
+			putchar('\n');
+		idx = 0;
+		s = netbuf;
+		while (s < end) {
+			if (!argv[0])
+				puts(s);
+			if (strchr(s, '=') && idx < MAX_ENV)
+				env[idx++] = s;
+			s += strlen(s) + 1;
+		}
+		env[idx] = NULL;
+
+		idx = 0;
+		while (env[idx])
+			putenv(env[idx++]);
+		if (argv[0])
+			spawn_and_wait(argv);
+		idx = 0;
+		while (env[idx])
+			bb_unsetenv(env[idx++]);
+		munmap(netbuf, BUFFER_SIZE);
+	}
+
+	return 0; // not reached
+}