PF_NETLINK                Kernel user interface device                man 7 netlink                                                                      
example code
hotplug.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <sys/un.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
#include <errno.h>
static int init_hotplug_sock(void)
{
            struct sockaddr_nl snl;
            const int buffersize = 16  1024  1024;
            int retval;
            memset(&snl, 0x00, sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl));
            snl.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
            snl.nl_pid = getpid();
            snl.nl_groups = 1;
            int hotplug_sock = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT);
            if (hotplug_sock == -1) {
                printf("error getting socket: %s", strerror(errno));
                return -1;
            }
            / set receive buffersize /
            setsockopt(hotplug_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUFFORCE, &buffersize, sizeof(buffersize));
            retval = bind(hotplug_sock, (struct sockaddr ) &snl, sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl));
            if (retval < 0) {
                printf("bind failed: %s", strerror(errno));
                close(hotplug_sock);
                hotplug_sock = -1;
                return -1;
            }
            return hotplug_sock;
}
#define UEVENT_BUFFER_SIZE              2048
int main(int argc, char argv[])
{
                 int hotplug_sock               = init_hotplug_sock();
                
                 while(1)
                 {
                           char buf[UEVENT_BUFFER_SIZE*2] = {0};
                           recv(hotplug_sock, &buf, sizeof(buf), 0); 
                           printf("%sn", buf);
                 }
                 return 0;
}
编译运行
jfo@jfo-laptop:~/test$ gcc -o hotplug hotplug.c
jfo@jfo-laptop:~/test$ sudo ./hotplug                                                                             # 试着将sd卡或U盘拔下、插上
remove@/block/mmcblk0
remove@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:06.2/tifm_sd0:1/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:b368
remove@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:06.2/tifm_sd0:1/mmc_host/mmc1
remove@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:06.2/tifm_sd0:1
add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:06.2/tifm_sd0:1
add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:06.2/tifm_sd0:1/mmc_host/mmc1
add@/block/mmcblk0
add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:06.2/tifm_sd0:1/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:b368
add@/kernel/uids/65534
remove@/kernel/uids/65534end