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doc: update keventd docs with new rebrodcast feature
Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
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@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
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.Nm
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.Op Fl c
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.Op Fl d
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.Op Fl g Ar group
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.Op Fl G
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.Op Fl h
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.Op Fl n
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.Op Fl v
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@@ -53,6 +55,21 @@ Enable debug mode. Implies
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All received uevents are logged to stderr.
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.It Fl h
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Show help text and exit.
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.It Fl g Ar group
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Override the netlink multicast group mask used for uevent rebroadcast.
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The default is 4 (group 0x4), which is the
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.Sy libudev-zero
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convention.
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Bit 0 is always masked out to prevent a feedback loop with the kernel
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group.
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See
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.Sx NETLINK REBROADCAST
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below.
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.It Fl G
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Disable netlink uevent rebroadcast entirely.
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See
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.Sx NETLINK REBROADCAST
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below.
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.It Fl n
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Run in foreground, do not daemonize. Log messages are written to
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stderr instead of syslog.
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@@ -198,6 +215,40 @@ service cron {
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command = "cron -f"
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}
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.Ed
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.Sh NETLINK REBROADCAST
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The Linux kernel sends uevents to netlink multicast group 1 (bit 0) of
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.Dv NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT .
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Only the device manager listens on this raw kernel group. Userspace
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consumers such as applications using
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.Sy libudev
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expect to receive processed events on a separate netlink group.
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.Pp
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.Sy systemd/udevd
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established the convention of rebroadcasting to a separate group, and
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.Sy libudev-zero ,
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a daemonless replacement for libudev, listens on group 0x4 for these
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events. Without rebroadcast, graphical applications, Wayland and X11
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compositors, libinput, and other libudev consumers will not receive
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device hotplug events.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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rebroadcasts by default to netlink group 4 (bit 2, i.e.\&
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.Li 0x4 ) .
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A second netlink socket is created at startup, and after each uevent
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has been fully processed (device nodes created, modules loaded,
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etc.\&), the original event is sent to the configured group. This
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ensures that device nodes and symlinks already exist by the time
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consumers receive the event.
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.Pp
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Use
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.Fl g
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to override the default group mask, or
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.Fl G
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to disable rebroadcast entirely.
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.Pp
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See also:
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.Lk https://github.com/illiliti/libudev-zero "libudev-zero" ,
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.Lk https://skarnet.org/software/mdevd/ "mdevd" .
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.Sh SIGNALS
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.Bl -tag -width SIGUSR1
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.It Dv SIGUSR1
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