kernel/notifier.c

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/kernel/notifier.c

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
kernel/notifier.c
Extension
.c
Size
18287 bytes
Lines
603
Domain
Core OS
Bucket
Scheduler, Processes, Timers, Sync, And Syscalls
Inferred role
Core OS: exported/initcall integration point
Status
integration implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

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if (unlikely((*nl) == n)) {
			WARN(1, "notifier callback %ps already registered",
			     n->notifier_call);
			return -EEXIST;
		}
		if (n->priority > (*nl)->priority)
			break;
		if (n->priority == (*nl)->priority && unique_priority)
			return -EBUSY;
		nl = &((*nl)->next);
	}
	n->next = *nl;
	rcu_assign_pointer(*nl, n);
	trace_notifier_register((void *)n->notifier_call);
	return 0;
}

static int notifier_chain_unregister(struct notifier_block **nl,
		struct notifier_block *n)
{
	while ((*nl) != NULL) {
		if ((*nl) == n) {
			rcu_assign_pointer(*nl, n->next);
			trace_notifier_unregister((void *)n->notifier_call);
			return 0;
		}
		nl = &((*nl)->next);
	}
	return -ENOENT;
}

/**
 * notifier_call_chain - Informs the registered notifiers about an event.
 *	@nl:		Pointer to head of the blocking notifier chain
 *	@val:		Value passed unmodified to notifier function
 *	@v:		Pointer passed unmodified to notifier function
 *	@nr_to_call:	Number of notifier functions to be called. Don't care
 *			value of this parameter is -1.
 *	@nr_calls:	Records the number of notifications sent. Don't care
 *			value of this field is NULL.
 *	Return:		notifier_call_chain returns the value returned by the
 *			last notifier function called.
 */
static int notifier_call_chain(struct notifier_block **nl,
			       unsigned long val, void *v,
			       int nr_to_call, int *nr_calls)
{
	int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;
	struct notifier_block *nb, *next_nb;

	nb = rcu_dereference_raw(*nl);

	while (nb && nr_to_call) {
		next_nb = rcu_dereference_raw(nb->next);

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS
		if (unlikely(!func_ptr_is_kernel_text(nb->notifier_call))) {
			WARN(1, "Invalid notifier called!");
			nb = next_nb;
			continue;
		}
#endif
		trace_notifier_run((void *)nb->notifier_call);
		ret = nb->notifier_call(nb, val, v);

		if (nr_calls)
			(*nr_calls)++;

		if (ret & NOTIFY_STOP_MASK)
			break;
		nb = next_nb;
		nr_to_call--;
	}
	return ret;
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(notifier_call_chain);

/**
 * notifier_call_chain_robust - Inform the registered notifiers about an event
 *                              and rollback on error.
 * @nl:		Pointer to head of the blocking notifier chain
 * @val_up:	Value passed unmodified to the notifier function
 * @val_down:	Value passed unmodified to the notifier function when recovering
 *              from an error on @val_up
 * @v:		Pointer passed unmodified to the notifier function
 *
 * NOTE:	It is important the @nl chain doesn't change between the two
 *		invocations of notifier_call_chain() such that we visit the
 *		exact same notifier callbacks; this rules out any RCU usage.
 *

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