lkmpg/examples/procfs2.c

/*
 * procfs2.c -  create a "file" in /proc
 */

#include <linux/kernel.h> /* We're doing kernel work */
#include <linux/module.h> /* Specifically, a module */
#include <linux/proc_fs.h> /* Necessary because we use the proc fs */
#include <linux/uaccess.h> /* for copy_from_user */
#include <linux/version.h>

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 6, 0)
#define HAVE_PROC_OPS
#endif

#define PROCFS_MAX_SIZE 1024
#define PROCFS_NAME "buffer1k"

/* This structure hold information about the /proc file */
static struct proc_dir_entry *our_proc_file;

/* The buffer used to store character for this module */
static char procfs_buffer[PROCFS_MAX_SIZE];

/* The size of the buffer */
static unsigned long procfs_buffer_size = 0;

/* This function is called then the /proc file is read */
static ssize_t procfile_read(struct file *filePointer, char __user *buffer,
                             size_t buffer_length, loff_t *offset)
{
    char s[13] = "HelloWorld!\n";
    int len = sizeof(s);
    ssize_t ret = len;

    if (*offset >= len || copy_to_user(buffer, s, len)) {
        pr_info("copy_to_user failed\n");
        ret = 0;
    } else {
        pr_info("procfile read %s\n", filePointer->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
        *offset += len;
    }

    return ret;
}

/* This function is called with the /proc file is written. */
static ssize_t procfile_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buff,
                              size_t len, loff_t *off)
{
    procfs_buffer_size = len;
    if (procfs_buffer_size > PROCFS_MAX_SIZE)
        procfs_buffer_size = PROCFS_MAX_SIZE;

    if (copy_from_user(procfs_buffer, buff, procfs_buffer_size))
        return -EFAULT;

    procfs_buffer[procfs_buffer_size] = '\0';
    return procfs_buffer_size;
}

#ifdef HAVE_PROC_OPS
static const struct proc_ops proc_file_fops = {
    .proc_read = procfile_read,
    .proc_write = procfile_write,
};
#else
static const struct file_operations proc_file_fops = {
    .read = procfile_read,
    .write = procfile_write,
};
#endif

static int __init procfs2_init(void)
{
    our_proc_file = proc_create(PROCFS_NAME, 0644, NULL, &proc_file_fops);
    if (NULL == our_proc_file) {
        proc_remove(our_proc_file);
        pr_alert("Error:Could not initialize /proc/%s\n", PROCFS_NAME);
        return -ENOMEM;
    }

    pr_info("/proc/%s created\n", PROCFS_NAME);
    return 0;
}

static void __exit procfs2_exit(void)
{
    proc_remove(our_proc_file);
    pr_info("/proc/%s removed\n", PROCFS_NAME);
}

module_init(procfs2_init);
module_exit(procfs2_exit);

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");