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Peter Rajnoha f36776fafb kobject: support passing in variables for synthetic uevents 
This patch makes it possible to pass additional arguments in addition
to uevent action name when writing /sys/.../uevent attribute. These
additional arguments are then inserted into generated synthetic uevent
as additional environment variables.

Before, we were not able to pass any additional uevent environment
variables for synthetic uevents. This made it hard to identify such uevents
properly in userspace to make proper distinction between genuine uevents
originating from kernel and synthetic uevents triggered from userspace.
Also, it was not possible to pass any additional information which would
make it possible to optimize and change the way the synthetic uevents are
processed back in userspace based on the originating environment of the
triggering action in userspace. With the extra additional variables, we are
able to pass through this extra information needed and also it makes it
possible to synchronize with such synthetic uevents as they can be clearly
identified back in userspace.

The format for writing the uevent attribute is following:

    ACTION [UUID [KEY=VALUE ...]

There's no change in how "ACTION" is recognized - it stays the same
("add", "change", "remove"). The "ACTION" is the only argument required
to generate synthetic uevent, the rest of arguments, that this patch
adds support for, are optional.

The "UUID" is considered as transaction identifier so it's possible to
use the same UUID value for one or more synthetic uevents in which case
we logically group these uevents together for any userspace listeners.
The "UUID" is expected to be in "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
format where "x" is a hex digit. The value appears in uevent as
"SYNTH_UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" environment variable.

The "KEY=VALUE" pairs can contain alphanumeric characters only. It's
possible to define zero or more more pairs - each pair is then delimited
by a space character " ". Each pair appears in synthetic uevents as
"SYNTH_ARG_KEY=VALUE" environment variable. That means the KEY name gains
"SYNTH_ARG_" prefix to avoid possible collisions with existing variables.
To pass the "KEY=VALUE" pairs, it's also required to pass in the "UUID"
part for the synthetic uevent first.

If "UUID" is not passed in, the generated synthetic uevent gains
"SYNTH_UUID=0" environment variable automatically so it's possible to
identify this situation in userspace when reading generated uevent and so
we can still make a difference between genuine and synthetic uevents.

Signed-off-by: Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-05-25 18:30:51 +02:00
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842 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2016-03-17 21:38:27 -07:00
fonts lib/fonts/Kconfig: keep non-Sparc fonts listed together 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
lz4 lib/lz4: remove back-compat wrappers 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
lzo lzo: check for length overrun in variable length encoding. 2014-09-28 11:08:01 +02:00
mpi mpi: Fix NULL ptr dereference in mpi_powm() [ver #3] 2016-11-25 12:57:50 +11:00
raid6 lib/raid6: Add AVX2 optimized xor_syndrome functions 2016-11-07 15:08:20 -08:00
reed_solomon
xz lib/xz: enable all filters by default in Kconfig 2014-06-04 16:54:18 -07:00
zlib_deflate zlib_deflate/deftree: remove bi_reverse() 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
zlib_inflate lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.c: fix potential buffer overflow 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
.gitignore
argv_split.c
asn1_decoder.c Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2016-05-17 09:33:39 -07:00
assoc_array.c assoc_array: don't call compare_object() on a node 2016-04-06 14:06:48 +01:00
atomic64_test.c lib: add module support to atomic64 tests 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
atomic64.c locking/atomic: Implement atomic{,64,_long}_fetch_{add,sub,and,andnot,or,xor}{,_relaxed,_acquire,_release}() 2016-06-16 10:48:32 +02:00
audit.c syscalls: implement execveat() system call 2014-12-13 12:42:51 -08:00
bcd.c
bch.c
bitmap.c kernel-api.rst: fix some complex tags at lib/bitmap.c 2017-04-02 14:29:33 -06:00
bitrev.c ARM: 8187/1: add CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE to support rbit instruction 2014-12-22 16:43:06 +00:00
bsearch.c
btree.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
bug.c debug: Add _ONCE() logic to report_bug() 2017-03-30 09:37:20 +02:00
build_OID_registry
bust_spinlocks.c
chacha20.c random: replace non-blocking pool with a Chacha20-based CRNG 2016-07-03 00:57:23 -04:00
check_signature.c
checksum.c ipv4: Update parameters for csum_tcpudp_magic to their original types 2016-03-13 23:55:13 -04:00
clz_ctz.c
clz_tab.c
cmdline.c boot/param: Move next_arg() function to lib/cmdline.c for later reuse 2017-04-18 10:37:13 +02:00
compat_audit.c
cordic.c
cpu_rmap.c sched/topology: Rename topology_thread_cpumask() to topology_sibling_cpumask() 2015-05-27 15:22:15 +02:00
cpumask.c cpumask: Export cpumask_any_but() 2016-02-29 09:35:20 +01:00
crc7.c lib/crc7: Shift crc7() output left 1 bit 2014-05-16 14:26:52 -04:00
crc8.c
crc16.c
crc32.c lib: add module support to crc32 tests 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
crc32defs.h
crc32test.c lib: add module support to crc32 tests 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
crc-ccitt.c
crc-itu-t.c lib: crc-itu-t.[ch] fix 0x0x prefix in integer constants 2015-05-26 15:26:43 +02:00
crc-t10dif.c lib: introduce crc_t10dif_update() 2015-05-30 22:42:24 -07:00
ctype.c
debug_info.c kbuild: include core debug info when DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED 2015-06-11 15:08:32 +02:00
debug_locks.c
debugobjects.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
dec_and_lock.c
decompress_bunzip2.c lib/decompressors: use real out buf size for gunzip with kernel 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
decompress_inflate.c lib/decompressors: use real out buf size for gunzip with kernel 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
decompress_unlz4.c lib/decompress_unlz4: change module to work with new LZ4 module version 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
decompress_unlzma.c lib/decompress_unlzma: Do a NULL check for pointer 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
decompress_unlzo.c lib/decompressors: use real out buf size for gunzip with kernel 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
decompress_unxz.c lib/decompressors: use real out buf size for gunzip with kernel 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
decompress.c lib/decompress: set the compressor name to NULL on error 2015-07-17 16:39:54 -07:00
devres.c devres: fix devm_ioremap_*() offset parameter kerneldoc description 2017-04-24 13:53:13 -05:00
digsig.c KEYS: Differentiate uses of rcu_dereference_key() and user_key_payload() 2017-03-02 10:09:00 +11:00
div64.c __div64_32(): make it overridable at compile time 2015-11-16 14:42:12 -05:00
dma-debug.c dmaengine updates for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-09 15:40:28 -07:00
dma-noop.c lib/dma-noop: Clarify a comment 2017-01-24 12:23:35 -05:00
dma-virt.c lib/dma-virt: Add dma_virt_ops 2017-01-24 12:23:35 -05:00
dump_stack.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
dynamic_debug.c dynamic_debug: add jump label support 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
dynamic_queue_limits.c lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c: simplify includes 2015-02-12 18:54:15 -08:00
earlycpio.c lib/cpio: Make find_cpio_data()'s offset arg optional 2016-06-08 11:04:19 +02:00
extable.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
fault-inject.c lib/fault-inject.c: use correct check for interrupts 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
fdt_empty_tree.c lib: add fdt_empty_tree.c 2014-04-30 19:49:37 +01:00
fdt_ro.c
fdt_rw.c
fdt_strerror.c
fdt_sw.c
fdt_wip.c
fdt.c
find_bit.c lib/find_bit.c: micro-optimise find_next_*_bit 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
flex_array.c
flex_proportions.c lib+mm: fix few spelling mistakes 2016-02-15 11:18:23 +01:00
gcd.c lib/GCD.c: use binary GCD algorithm instead of Euclidean 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
gen_crc32table.c lib: crc32: constify crc32 lookup table 2015-02-13 21:21:35 -08:00
genalloc.c lib/genalloc.c: start search from start of chunk 2016-10-27 18:43:43 -07:00
glob.c lib: add module support to glob tests 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
globtest.c lib: add module support to glob tests 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
hexdump.c lib/hexdump.c: truncate output in case of overflow 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
hweight.c x86/hweight: Get rid of the special calling convention 2016-06-08 15:01:02 +02:00
idr.c idr: Add missing __rcu annotations 2017-02-13 21:44:10 -05:00
inflate.c
int_sqrt.c
interval_tree_test.c lib: Export interval_tree 2014-05-05 09:09:14 +02:00
interval_tree.c lib/interval_tree.c: simplify includes 2015-02-12 18:54:15 -08:00
iomap_copy.c lib/iomap_copy.c: add __ioread32_copy() 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
iomap.c Kconfig: rename HAS_IOPORT to HAS_IOPORT_MAP 2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
iommu-common.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc 2015-11-05 16:34:48 -08:00
iommu-helper.c lib/iommu-helper: skip to next segment 2016-08-02 19:35:07 -04:00
ioremap.c mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
iov_iter.c Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-09 09:01:21 -07:00
irq_poll.c This adds a new gcc plugin named "latent_entropy". It is designed to 2016-10-15 10:03:15 -07:00
irq_regs.c
is_single_threaded.c sched/headers: Prepare to move 'init_task' and 'init_thread_union' from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
jedec_ddr_data.c
kasprintf.c lib/kasprintf.c: add sanity check to kvasprintf 2016-01-16 11:17:27 -08:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-02-28 10:00:39 -08:00
Kconfig.debug lib: add module support to linked list sorting tests 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
Kconfig.kasan mm, kasan: switch SLUB to stackdepot, enable memory quarantine for SLUB 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
Kconfig.kgdb kgdb: depends on VT 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
Kconfig.kmemcheck
Kconfig.ubsan Kconfig: lib/Kconfig.ubsan fix reference to ubsan documentation 2016-12-14 16:04:08 -08:00
kfifo.c kfifo: use BUG_ON 2014-08-08 15:57:25 -07:00
klist.c klist: fix starting point removed bug in klist iterators 2016-02-07 22:18:47 -08:00
kobject_uevent.c kobject: support passing in variables for synthetic uevents 2017-05-25 18:30:51 +02:00
kobject.c kobject: Export kobject_get_unless_zero() 2017-03-22 20:11:35 -06:00
kstrtox.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
kstrtox.h
lcm.c block: fix blk_stack_limits() regression due to lcm() change 2015-03-31 09:45:50 -06:00
libcrc32c.c Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2016-01-22 11:58:43 -08:00
list_debug.c bug: switch data corruption check to __must_check 2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
list_sort.c lib: add module support to linked list sorting tests 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
llist.c lib/llist.c: fix data race in llist_del_first 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
locking-selftest-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-mutex.h
locking-selftest-rlock-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-rlock-softirq.h
locking-selftest-rlock.h
locking-selftest-rsem.h
locking-selftest-softirq.h
locking-selftest-spin-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-spin-softirq.h
locking-selftest-spin.h
locking-selftest-wlock-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-wlock-softirq.h
locking-selftest-wlock.h
locking-selftest-wsem.h
locking-selftest.c locking/selftest: Fix output since KERN_CONT changes 2016-11-25 07:12:19 +01:00
lockref.c locking/core: Remove cpu_relax_lowlatency() users 2016-11-16 10:15:10 +01:00
lru_cache.c lru_cache: Converted lc_seq_printf_status to return void 2015-11-25 09:22:02 -07:00
Makefile lib: add module support to linked list sorting tests 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
memory-notifier-error-inject.c
memweight.c
net_utils.c mac_pton: Use bool not int return 2014-06-25 17:45:43 -07:00
netdev-notifier-error-inject.c net: Add support for CHANGEUPPER notifier error injection 2015-12-03 11:49:23 -05:00
nlattr.c netlink: pass extended ACK struct to parsing functions 2017-04-13 13:58:22 -04:00
nmi_backtrace.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
nodemask.c include/linux/nodemask.h: create next_node_in() helper 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
notifier-error-inject.c
notifier-error-inject.h
of-reconfig-notifier-error-inject.c
oid_registry.c
once.c once: make helper generic for calling functions once 2015-10-08 05:26:36 -07:00
parman.c lib: Introduce priority array area manager 2017-02-03 16:35:42 -05:00
parser.c parser: add u64 number parser 2016-12-06 10:17:03 +02:00
pci_iomap.c libnvdimm for 4.3: 2015-09-08 14:35:59 -07:00
percpu_counter.c percpu_counter: percpu_counter_hotcpu_callback() cleanup 2017-01-20 10:06:56 -05:00
percpu_ida.c sched/headers: Prepare to remove the <linux/gfp.h> include from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
percpu_test.c
percpu-refcount.c percpu-refcount: support synchronous switch to atomic mode. 2017-03-22 19:18:43 -07:00
plist.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/clock.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:27 +01:00
pm-notifier-error-inject.c
prime_numbers.c lib/prime_numbers: Suppress warn on kmalloc failure 2017-01-23 09:17:12 +01:00
radix-tree.c lockdep: allow to disable reclaim lockup detection 2017-05-03 15:52:09 -07:00
random32.c This adds a new gcc plugin named "latent_entropy". It is designed to 2016-10-15 10:03:15 -07:00
ratelimit.c ratelimit: extend to print suppressed messages on release 2016-08-02 19:35:06 -04:00
rational.c
rbtree_test.c
rbtree.c rbtree: use designated initializers 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
reciprocal_div.c
refcount.c refcount: change EXPORT_SYMBOL markings 2017-05-06 11:01:34 -07:00
rhashtable.c lib/rhashtable.c: simplify a strange allocation pattern 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
sbitmap.c sbitmap: add sbitmap_get_shallow() operation 2017-04-14 14:06:52 -06:00
scatterlist.c scatterlist: do not disable IRQs in sg_copy_buffer 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
seq_buf.c tracing: Use seq_buf_used() in seq_buf_to_user() instead of len 2015-12-23 14:27:20 -05:00
sg_pool.c lib: scatterlist: move SG pool code from SCSI driver to lib/sg_pool.c 2016-04-15 16:53:14 -04:00
sg_split.c lib: scatterlist: add sg splitting function 2015-08-24 14:28:01 -06:00
sha1.c lib: EXPORT_SYMBOL sha_init 2015-03-23 22:12:08 -04:00
show_mem.c lib/show_mem.c: teach show_mem to work with the given nodemask 2017-02-22 16:41:30 -08:00
siphash.c siphash: implement HalfSipHash1-3 for hash tables 2017-01-09 13:58:57 -05:00
smp_processor_id.c sched/core: Remove the tsk_cpus_allowed() wrapper 2017-03-02 08:42:24 +01:00
sort.c lib: add CONFIG_TEST_SORT to enable self-test of sort() 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
stackdepot.c lib/stackdepot: export save/fetch stack for drivers 2016-11-11 08:12:37 -08:00
stmp_device.c lib/stmp_device.c: replace module.h include 2015-02-12 18:54:16 -08:00
string_helpers.c string_helpers: add kstrdup_quotable_file 2016-04-21 10:47:26 +10:00
string.c USB patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-04 18:03:51 -07:00
strncpy_from_user.c lib: harden strncpy_from_user 2016-10-11 15:06:30 -07:00
strnlen_user.c unsafe_[get|put]_user: change interface to use a error target label 2016-08-08 13:02:01 -07:00
swiotlb.c swiotlb: ensure that page-sized mappings are page-aligned 2017-01-15 12:37:24 -05:00
syscall.c lib/syscall: Clear return values when no stack 2017-03-24 07:43:35 +01:00
test_bitmap.c test_bitmap: unit tests for lib/bitmap.c 2016-02-19 22:54:09 -05:00
test_bpf.c test_bpf: Use ULL suffix for 64-bit constants 2017-05-03 09:51:26 -04:00
test_firmware.c test_firmware: add test custom fallback trigger 2017-01-25 11:52:34 +01:00
test_hash.c lib/test_hash.c: fix warning in preprocessor symbol evaluation 2016-09-01 17:52:01 -07:00
test_hexdump.c test_hexdump: print statistics at the end 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
test_kasan.c kasan: report only the first error by default 2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
test_list_sort.c lib: add module support to linked list sorting tests 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
test_module.c
test_parman.c lib: fix spelling mistake: "actualy" -> "actually" 2017-02-26 11:03:38 -05:00
test_printf.c mm, printk: introduce new format string for flags 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
test_rhashtable.c rhashtable-test: Fix max_size parameter description 2016-08-08 12:52:42 -07:00
test_siphash.c siphash: implement HalfSipHash1-3 for hash tables 2017-01-09 13:58:57 -05:00
test_sort.c Revert "lib/test_sort.c: make it explicitly non-modular" 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
test_static_key_base.c locking/static_keys: Provide a selftest 2015-08-03 11:51:12 +02:00
test_static_keys.c locking/static_keys: Avoid nested functions 2016-02-09 10:27:29 +01:00
test_user_copy.c lib: remove check for AVR32 arch in test_user_copy 2017-05-01 09:36:30 +02:00
test_uuid.c lib/uuid: add a test module 2016-05-30 15:26:57 -07:00
test-kstrtox.c kstrto*: accept "-0" for signed conversion 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
test-string_helpers.c lib/test-string_helpers.c: fix and improve string_get_size() tests 2016-02-03 08:28:43 -08:00
textsearch.c lib/textsearch.c: remove textsearch_put reference from comments 2014-10-14 02:18:14 +02:00
timerqueue.c timerqueue: Use rb_entry_safe() instead of open-coding it 2017-01-20 08:03:42 +01:00
ts_bm.c
ts_fsm.c
ts_kmp.c
ubsan.c UBSAN: fix typo in format string 2016-08-02 17:31:41 -04:00
ubsan.h UBSAN: run-time undefined behavior sanity checker 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
ucs2_string.c lib/ucs2_string: Speed up ucs2_utf8size() 2016-09-09 16:08:46 +01:00
usercopy.c generic ...copy_..._user primitives 2017-03-28 18:22:11 -04:00
uuid.c lib/uuid.c: use correct offset in uuid parser 2016-05-30 15:26:57 -07:00
vsprintf.c checkpatch: add ability to find bad uses of vsprintf %p<foo> extensions 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
win_minmax.c lib/win_minmax: windowed min or max estimator 2016-09-21 00:22:59 -04:00