modprobe: optional "blacklist" command support (by Natanael Copa)

is_conf_command                                        -      56     +56
include_conf                                         898     917     +19
check_dep                                            348     356      +8
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(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 83/0)               Total: 83 bytes

diff --git a/modutils/Config.in b/modutils/Config.in
index b2ef51a..c5e596d 100644 (file)
--- a/modutils/Config.in
+++ b/modutils/Config.in
@@ -117,6 +117,18 @@ config FEATURE_MODPROBE_FANCY_ALIAS
          mismatch between module name and file name, along with bus-specific
          aliases (such as pci:... or usb:... aliases).
 
+config FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST
+       bool
+       prompt "Blacklist support"
+       default n
+       depends on MODPROBE && FEATURE_2_6_MODULES
+       help
+         Say 'y' here to enable support for the 'blacklist' command in 
+         modprobe.conf. This prevents the alias resolver to resolve 
+         blacklisted modules. This is useful if you want to prevent your 
+         hardware autodetection scripts to load modules like evdev, frame 
+         buffer drivers etc.
+
 comment "Options common to multiple modutils"
        depends on INSMOD || RMMOD || MODPROBE || LSMOD
 

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index f6681a8..60dc926 100644 (file)
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ struct dep_t {        /* one-way list of dependency rules */
        struct mod_opt_t *  m_options;          /* the module options */
 
        int     m_isalias  : 1;                 /* the module is an alias */
-       int     m_reserved : 15;                /* stuffin' */
+       int     m_isblacklisted : 1;
+       int     m_reserved : 14;                /* stuffin' */
 
        int     m_depcnt   : 16;                /* the number of dependable module(s) */
        char ** m_deparr;                       /* the list of dependable module(s) */
@@ -230,6 +231,13 @@ static char *parse_command_string(char *src, char **dst)
 #define parse_command_string(src, dst) (0)
 #endif /* ENABLE_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS */
 
+static int is_conf_command(char *buffer, const char *command)
+{ 
+       int len = strlen(command);
+       return ((strstr(buffer, command) == buffer) &&
+                       isspace(buffer[len])); 
+}
+
 /*
  * This function reads aliases and default module options from a configuration file
  * (/etc/modprobe.conf syntax). It supports includes (only files, no directories).
@@ -260,7 +268,7 @@ static void include_conf(struct dep_t **first, struct dep_t **current, char *buf
                if (continuation_line)
                        continue;
 
-               if ((strncmp(buffer, "alias", 5) == 0) && isspace(buffer[5])) {
+               if (is_conf_command(buffer, "alias")) {
                        char *alias, *mod;
 
                        if (parse_tag_value(buffer + 6, &alias, &mod)) {
@@ -284,7 +292,7 @@ static void include_conf(struct dep_t **first, struct dep_t **current, char *buf
                                }
                                /*(*current)->m_next = NULL; - done by xzalloc */
                        }
-               } else if ((strncmp(buffer, "options", 7) == 0) && isspace(buffer[7])) {
+               } else if (is_conf_command(buffer, "options")) {
                        char *mod, *opt;
 
                        /* split the line in the module/alias name, and options */
@@ -307,7 +315,7 @@ static void include_conf(struct dep_t **first, struct dep_t **current, char *buf
                                        }
                                }
                        }
-               } else if ((strncmp(buffer, "include", 7) == 0) && isspace(buffer[7])) {
+               } else if (is_conf_command(buffer, "include")) {
                        int fdi;
                        char *filename;
 
@@ -317,6 +325,18 @@ static void include_conf(struct dep_t **first, struct dep_t **current, char *buf
                                include_conf(first, current, buffer, buflen, fdi);
                                close(fdi);
                        }
+               } else if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST && 
+                               (is_conf_command(buffer, "blacklist"))) {
+                       char *mod;
+                       struct dep_t *dt;
+
+                       mod = skip_whitespace(buffer + 10);
+                       for (dt = *first; dt; dt = dt->m_next) {
+                               if (dt->m_isalias && strcmp(dt->m_deparr[0], mod) == 0)
+                                       break;
+                       }
+                       if (dt)
+                               dt->m_isblacklisted = 1;
                }
        } /* while (reads(...)) */
 }
@@ -728,7 +748,8 @@ static void check_dep(char *mod, struct mod_list_t **head, struct mod_list_t **t
 
        // resolve alias names
        while (dt->m_isalias) {
-               if (dt->m_depcnt == 1) {
+               if (dt->m_depcnt == 1 && !(ENABLE_FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST &&
+                               dt->m_isblacklisted)) {
                        struct dep_t *adt;
 
                        for (adt = depend; adt; adt = adt->m_next) {