Re: Can arguments be passed to a running kernel module?
On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 12:18:03PM +0100, Klistvud wrote:
> Howdie, fellow Debianites!
>
> Is there a command for passing arguments to a running kernel module on
> the fly, without rmmoding and re-modprobing it?
Yes . /proc/module/$MODULE/parameters
For instance, let's look at the module 'thermal'
$ /sbin/modinfo thermal
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/acpi/thermal.ko
license: GPL
description: ACPI Thermal Zone Driver
author: Paul Diefenbaugh
alias: acpi*:LNXTHERM:*
depends: thermal_sys,processor
vermagic: 2.6.26-2-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: act:Disable or override all lowest active trip points. (int)
parm: crt:Disable or lower all critical trip points. (int)
parm: tzp:Thermal zone polling frequency, in 1/10 seconds. (int)
parm: nocrt:Set to take no action upon ACPI thermal zone critical trips points. (int)
parm: off:Set to disable ACPI thermal support. (int)
parm: psv:Disable or override all passive trip points. (int)
# The interface
$ ls -l /sys/module/thermal/parameters/
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-11-01 20:02 act
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-11-01 20:02 crt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-11-01 20:02 psv
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-11-01 20:02 tzp
# Let's try reading current values, using a simple shortcut:
$ grep . /sys/module/thermal/parameters/*
/sys/module/thermal/parameters/act:0
/sys/module/thermal/parameters/crt:0
/sys/module/thermal/parameters/psv:0
/sys/module/thermal/parameters/tzp:0
As you can see, one parameter is strictly read-only. It can only be set
at module load time. The other three variables are writble (for root).
This immediately changes the value of that variable in kernel space.
> Echoing new value(s) to
> the /proc subtree has long been deprecated now, and the new /sys
> interface seems largely to be read-only ...
The procfs tree is also mostly read-only.
BTW: /proc/sys is in no way deprecated.
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