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authorBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2002-06-14 21:55:29 +0000
committerBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2002-06-14 21:55:29 +0000
commitc853103ac6550cf6f77e144a215c0c61e06c5703 (patch)
tree86b89158f580b4d26008dba2409fd7a8a9bf32ae
parentf794d5a07183a6b5c711c21fa737a0ac1ef4134d (diff)
Try to autoload ebtables kernel module when needed.
-rw-r--r--ebtables.c90
1 files changed, 88 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ebtables.c b/ebtables.c
index dddb623..061ed4d 100644
--- a/ebtables.c
+++ b/ebtables.c
@@ -34,11 +34,22 @@
#include <netinet/ether.h>
#include <asm/types.h>
#include "include/ebtables_u.h"
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
// here are the number-name correspondences kept for the ethernet
// frame type field
#define PROTOCOLFILE "/etc/ethertypes"
+#ifndef PROC_SYS_MODPROBE
+#define PROC_SYS_MODPROBE "/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe"
+#endif
+
#define DATABASEHOOKNR NF_BR_NUMHOOKS
#define DATABASEHOOKNAME "DB"
@@ -79,6 +90,7 @@ static struct option ebt_original_options[] = {
{ "destination" , required_argument, 0, 'd' },
{ "dst" , required_argument, 0, 'd' },
{ "table" , required_argument, 0, 't' },
+ { "modprobe" , required_argument, 0, 'M' },
{ 0 }
};
@@ -326,6 +338,69 @@ void register_table(struct ebt_u_table *t)
tables = t;
}
+// blatently stolen (again) from iptables.c userspace program
+// find out where the modprobe utility is located
+static char *get_modprobe(void)
+{
+ int procfile;
+ char *ret;
+
+ procfile = open(PROC_SYS_MODPROBE, O_RDONLY);
+ if (procfile < 0)
+ return NULL;
+
+ ret = malloc(1024);
+ if (ret) {
+ switch (read(procfile, ret, 1024)) {
+ case -1: goto fail;
+ case 1024: goto fail; /* Partial read. Wierd */
+ }
+ if (ret[strlen(ret)-1]=='\n')
+ ret[strlen(ret)-1]=0;
+ close(procfile);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ fail:
+ free(ret);
+ close(procfile);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+// I hate stealing, really... Lets call it a tribute.
+int ebtables_insmod(const char *modname, const char *modprobe)
+{
+ char *buf = NULL;
+ char *argv[3];
+
+ /* If they don't explicitly set it, read out of kernel */
+ if (!modprobe) {
+ buf = get_modprobe();
+ if (!buf)
+ return -1;
+ modprobe = buf;
+ }
+
+ switch (fork()) {
+ case 0:
+ argv[0] = (char *)modprobe;
+ argv[1] = (char *)modname;
+ argv[2] = NULL;
+ execv(argv[0], argv);
+
+ /* not usually reached */
+ exit(0);
+ case -1:
+ return -1;
+
+ default: /* parent */
+ wait(NULL);
+ }
+
+ free(buf);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
// used to parse /etc/etherproto
int disregard_whitespace(char *buffer, FILE *ifp)
{
@@ -631,6 +706,7 @@ void print_help()
"--out-if -o [!] name : network output interface name\n"
"--logical-in [!] name : logical bridge input interface name\n"
"--logical-out [!] name : logical bridge output interface name\n"
+"--modprobe -M : try to insert modules using this command\n"
"--version -V : print package version\n"
"\n" ,
prog_name,
@@ -1206,6 +1282,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
struct ebt_u_watcher *w;
struct ebt_u_match_list *m_l;
struct ebt_u_watcher_list *w_l;
+ const char *modprobe = NULL;
// initialize the table name, OPT_ flags, selected hook and command
strcpy(replace.name, "filter");
@@ -1221,7 +1298,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
// getopt saves the day
while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv,
- "-A:D:I:L::Z::F::P:Vhi:o:j:p:b:s:d:t:", ebt_options, NULL)) != -1) {
+ "-A:D:I:L::Z::F::P:Vhi:o:j:p:b:s:d:t:M:", ebt_options, NULL)) != -1) {
switch (c) {
case 'A': // add a rule
@@ -1312,6 +1389,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
printf("%s, %s\n", prog_name, prog_version);
exit(0);
+ case 'M': // modprobe
+ modprobe = optarg;
+ break;
+
case 'h': // help
if (replace.flags & OPT_COMMAND)
print_error("Multiple commands not allowed");
@@ -1600,7 +1681,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
new_entry->ethproto = htons(new_entry->ethproto);
// get the kernel's information
- get_table(&replace);
+ if (get_table(&replace)) {
+ ebtables_insmod("ebtables", modprobe);
+ if (get_table(&replace))
+ print_error("can't initialize ebtables table %s",
+ replace.name);
+ }
// check if selected_hook is a valid_hook
if (replace.selected_hook >= 0 &&
!(replace.valid_hooks & (1 << replace.selected_hook)))