Linux socket programming - PF_NETLINK

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/65534









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