//! Load and unload kernel modules. //! //! For more details see
use std::ffi::CStr; use std::os::unix::io::{AsFd, AsRawFd};
usecrate::errno::Errno; usecrate::Result;
/// Loads a kernel module from a buffer. /// /// It loads an ELF image into kernel space, /// performs any necessary symbol relocations, /// initializes module parameters to values provided by the caller, /// and then runs the module's init function. /// /// This function requires `CAP_SYS_MODULE` privilege. /// /// The `module_image` argument points to a buffer containing the binary image /// to be loaded. The buffer should contain a valid ELF image /// built for the running kernel. /// /// The `param_values` argument is a string containing space-delimited specifications /// of the values for module parameters. /// Each of the parameter specifications has the form: /// /// `name[=value[,value...]]` /// /// # Example /// /// ```no_run /// use std::fs::File; /// use std::io::Read; /// use std::ffi::CString; /// use nix::kmod::init_module; /// /// let mut f = File::open("mykernel.ko").unwrap(); /// let mut contents: Vec<u8> = Vec::new(); /// f.read_to_end(&mut contents).unwrap(); /// init_module(&mut contents, &CString::new("who=Rust when=Now,12").unwrap()).unwrap(); /// ``` /// /// See [`man init_module(2)`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/init_module.2.html) for more information. pubfn init_module(module_image: &[u8], param_values: &CStr) -> Result<()> { let res = unsafe {
libc::syscall(
libc::SYS_init_module,
module_image.as_ptr(),
module_image.len(),
param_values.as_ptr(),
)
};
Errno::result(res).map(drop)
}
libc_bitflags!( /// Flags used by the `finit_module` function. pubstruct ModuleInitFlags: libc::c_uint { /// Ignore symbol version hashes.
MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_MODVERSIONS; /// Ignore kernel version magic.
MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_VERMAGIC;
}
);
/// Loads a kernel module from a given file descriptor. /// /// # Example /// /// ```no_run /// use std::fs::File; /// use std::ffi::CString; /// use nix::kmod::{finit_module, ModuleInitFlags}; /// /// let f = File::open("mymod.ko").unwrap(); /// finit_module(&f, &CString::new("").unwrap(), ModuleInitFlags::empty()).unwrap(); /// ``` /// /// See [`man init_module(2)`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/init_module.2.html) for more information. pubfn finit_module<Fd: AsFd>(
fd: Fd,
param_values: &CStr,
flags: ModuleInitFlags,
) -> Result<()> { let res = unsafe {
libc::syscall(
libc::SYS_finit_module,
fd.as_fd().as_raw_fd(),
param_values.as_ptr(),
flags.bits(),
)
};
Errno::result(res).map(drop)
}
libc_bitflags!( /// Flags used by `delete_module`. /// /// See [`man delete_module(2)`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/delete_module.2.html) /// for a detailed description how these flags work. pubstruct DeleteModuleFlags: libc::c_int { /// `delete_module` will return immediately, with an error, if the module has a nonzero /// reference count.
O_NONBLOCK; /// `delete_module` will unload the module immediately, regardless of whether it has a /// nonzero reference count.
O_TRUNC;
}
);
/// Unloads the kernel module with the given name. /// /// # Example /// /// ```no_run /// use std::ffi::CString; /// use nix::kmod::{delete_module, DeleteModuleFlags}; /// /// delete_module(&CString::new("mymod").unwrap(), DeleteModuleFlags::O_NONBLOCK).unwrap(); /// ``` /// /// See [`man delete_module(2)`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/delete_module.2.html) for more information. pubfn delete_module(name: &CStr, flags: DeleteModuleFlags) -> Result<()> { let res = unsafe {
libc::syscall(libc::SYS_delete_module, name.as_ptr(), flags.bits())
};
Errno::result(res).map(drop)
}
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