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author | 2014-04-24 15:40:08 -0400 | |
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committer | 2014-04-24 15:40:08 -0400 | |
commit | 2500dbc810d8898c1359c6579715586fffa08a27 (patch) | |
tree | e24445a5829c7c4f4da6bf7652ece1acaf008b6c /man | |
parent | hwdb: Update database of Bluetooth company identifiers (diff) | |
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udev: remove seqnum API and all assumptions about seqnums
The way the kernel namespaces have been implemented breaks assumptions
udev made regarding uevent sequence numbers. Creating devices in a
namespace "steals" uevents and its sequence numbers from the host. It
confuses the "udevadmin settle" logic, which might block until util a
timeout is reached, even when no uevent is pending.
Remove any assumptions about sequence numbers and deprecate libudev's
API exposing these numbers; none of that can reliably be used anymore
when namespaces are involved.
Signed-off-by: Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/udevadm.xml | 227 |
1 files changed, 153 insertions, 74 deletions
diff --git a/man/udevadm.xml b/man/udevadm.xml index 51370cc4e..1b349c6b4 100644 --- a/man/udevadm.xml +++ b/man/udevadm.xml @@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1><title>Description</title> - <para>udevadm expects a command and command specific options. It - controls the runtime behavior of udev, requests kernel events, - manages the event queue, and provides simple debugging mechanisms.</para> + <para><command>udevadm</command> expects a command and command + specific options. It controls the runtime behavior of + <command>udev</command>, requests kernel events, manages + the event queue, and provides simple debugging mechanisms.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title> @@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>--debug</option></term> <listitem> - <para>Print debug messages to stderr.</para> + <para>Print debug messages to standard error.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print help text.</para> @@ -88,35 +90,53 @@ </varlistentry> </variablelist> - <refsect2><title>udevadm info <replaceable>options</replaceable></title> + <refsect2><title>udevadm info <optional><replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></optional> <optional><replaceable>DEVPATH</replaceable>|<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></optional></title> <para>Queries the udev database for device information stored in the udev database. It can also query the properties of a device from its sysfs representation to help creating udev rules that match this device.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--query=<replaceable>type</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-q</option></term> + <term><option>--query=<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Query the database for specified type of device data. It needs the - <option>--path</option> or <option>--name</option> to identify the specified - device. Valid queries are: - <command>name</command>, <command>symlink</command>, <command>path</command>, - <command>property</command>, <command>all</command>.</para> + <para>Query the database for the specified type of device + data. It needs the <option>--path</option> or + <option>--name</option> to identify the specified device. + Valid <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable>s are: + <constant>name</constant>, <constant>symlink</constant>, + <constant>path</constant>, <constant>property</constant>, + <constant>all</constant>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--path=<replaceable>devpath</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-p</option></term> + <term><option>--path=<replaceable>DEVPATH</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>The devpath of the device to query.</para> + <para>The <filename>/sys</filename> path of the device to + query, e.g. + <filename><optional>/sys</optional>/class/block/sda</filename>. + Note that this option usually is not very useful, since + <command>udev</command> can guess the type of the + argument, so <command>udevadm + --devpath=/class/block/sda</command> is equivalent to + <command>udevadm /sys/class/block/sda</command>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--name=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-n</option></term> + <term><option>--name=<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>The name of the device node or a symlink to query</para> + <para>The name of the device node or a symlink to query, + e.g. <filename><optional>/dev</optional>/sda</filename>. + Note that this option usually is not very useful, since + <command>udev</command> can guess the type of the + argument, so <command>udevadm --name=sda</command> is + equivalent to <command>udevadm /dev/sda</command>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-r</option></term> <term><option>--root</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print absolute paths in <command>name</command> or <command>symlink</command> @@ -124,6 +144,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-a</option></term> <term><option>--attribute-walk</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print all sysfs properties of the specified device that can be used @@ -132,31 +153,36 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-x</option></term> <term><option>--export</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print output as key/value pairs. Values are enclosed in single quotes.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--export-prefix=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-P</option></term> + <term><option>--export-prefix=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Add a prefix to the key name of exported values.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--device-id-of-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-d</option></term> + <term><option>--device-id-of-file=<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Print major/minor numbers of the underlying device, where the file lives on.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-e</option></term> <term><option>--export-db</option></term> <listitem> <para>Export the content of the udev database.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-c</option></term> <term><option>--cleanup-db</option></term> <listitem> <para>Cleanup the udev database.</para> @@ -169,6 +195,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print help text.</para> @@ -181,19 +208,22 @@ <para>Request device events from the kernel. Primarily used to replay events at system coldplug time.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-v</option></term> <term><option>--verbose</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print the list of devices which will be triggered.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-n</option></term> <term><option>--dry-run</option></term> <listitem> <para>Do not actually trigger the event.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--type=<replaceable>type</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-t</option></term> + <term><option>--type=<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Trigger a specific type of devices. Valid types are: <command>devices</command>, <command>subsystems</command>. @@ -201,68 +231,95 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--action=<replaceable>action</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-c</option></term> + <term><option>--action=<replaceable>ACTION</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Type of event to be triggered. The default value is <command>change</command>.</para> + <para>Type of event to be triggered. The default value is + <command>change</command>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--subsystem-match=<replaceable>subsystem</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-s</option></term> + <term><option>--subsystem-match=<replaceable>SUBSYSTEM</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Trigger events for devices which belong to a matching subsystem. This option - can be specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> + <para>Trigger events for devices which belong to a + matching subsystem. This option can be specified multiple + times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--subsystem-nomatch=<replaceable>subsystem</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-S</option></term> + <term><option>--subsystem-nomatch=<replaceable>SUBSYSTEM</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Do not trigger events for devices which belong to a matching subsystem. This option can be specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--attr-match=<replaceable>attribute</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-a</option></term> + <term><option>--attr-match=<replaceable>ATTRIBUTE</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching sysfs attribute. If a value is specified - along with the attribute name, the content of the attribute is matched against the given - value using shell style pattern matching. If no value is specified, the existence of the - sysfs attribute is checked. This option can be specified multiple times.</para> + <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching sysfs + attribute. If a value is specified along with the + attribute name, the content of the attribute is matched + against the given value using shell style pattern + matching. If no value is specified, the existence of the + sysfs attribute is checked. This option can be specified + multiple times.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--attr-nomatch=<replaceable>attribute</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-A</option></term> + <term><option>--attr-nomatch=<replaceable>ATTRIBUTE</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Do not trigger events for devices with a matching sysfs attribute. If a value is - specified along with the attribute name, the content of the attribute is matched against - the given value using shell style pattern matching. If no value is specified, the existence - of the sysfs attribute is checked. This option can be specified multiple times.</para> + <para>Do not trigger events for devices with a matching + sysfs attribute. If a value is specified along with the + attribute name, the content of the attribute is matched + against the given value using shell style pattern + matching. If no value is specified, the existence of the + sysfs attribute is checked. This option can be specified + multiple times.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--property-match=<replaceable>property</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-p</option></term> + <term><option>--property-match=<replaceable>PROPERTY</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching property value. This option can be - specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> + <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching property + value. This option can be specified multiple times and + supports shell style pattern matching.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--tag-match=<replaceable>property</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-g</option></term> + <term><option>--tag-match=<replaceable>PROPERTY</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching tag. This option can be - specified multiple times.</para> + <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching tag. This + option can be specified multiple times.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--sysname-match=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-y</option></term> + <term><option>--sysname-match=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching sys device name. This option can be - specified multiple times and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> + <para>Trigger events for devices with a matching sys + device name. This option can be specified multiple times + and supports shell style pattern matching.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--parent-match=<replaceable>syspath</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-b</option></term> + <term><option>--parent-match=<replaceable>SYSPATH</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Trigger events for all children of a given device.</para> + <para>Trigger events for all children of a given + device.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> + <term><option>--help</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Print help text.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> @@ -272,38 +329,24 @@ <para>Watches the udev event queue, and exits if all current events are handled.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--timeout=<replaceable>seconds</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-t</option></term> + <term><option>--timeout=<replaceable>SECONDS</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Maximum number of seconds to wait for the event queue to become empty. - The default value is 120 seconds. A value of 0 will check if the queue is empty - and always return immediately.</para> + <para>Maximum number of seconds to wait for the event + queue to become empty. The default value is 120 seconds. A + value of 0 will check if the queue is empty and always + return immediately.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--seq-start=<replaceable>seqnum</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem> - <para>Wait only for events after the given sequence number.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--seq-end=<replaceable>seqnum</replaceable></option></term> - <listitem> - <para>Wait only for events before the given sequence number.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><option>--exit-if-exists=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-E</option></term> + <term><option>--exit-if-exists=<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Stop waiting if file exists.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--quiet</option></term> - <listitem> - <para>Do not print any output, like the remaining queue entries when reaching the timeout.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print help text.</para> @@ -316,12 +359,14 @@ <para>Modify the internal state of the running udev daemon.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-x</option></term> <term><option>--exit</option></term> <listitem> <para>Signal and wait for udevd to exit.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-l</option></term> <term><option>--log-priority=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Set the internal log level of udevd. Valid values are the numerical @@ -330,6 +375,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-s</option></term> <term><option>--stop-exec-queue</option></term> <listitem> <para>Signal udevd to stop executing new events. Incoming events @@ -337,12 +383,14 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-S</option></term> <term><option>--start-exec-queue</option></term> <listitem> <para>Signal udevd to enable the execution of events.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-R</option></term> <term><option>--reload</option></term> <listitem> <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules files and other databases like the kernel @@ -351,12 +399,14 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-p</option></term> <term><option>--property=<replaceable>KEY</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Set a global property for all events.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-m</option></term> <term><option>--children-max=</option><replaceable>value</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para>Set the maximum number of events, udevd will handle at the @@ -370,6 +420,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print help text.</para> @@ -385,36 +436,42 @@ </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-k</option></term> <term><option>--kernel</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print the kernel uevents.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-u</option></term> <term><option>--udev</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print the udev event after the rule processing.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-p</option></term> <term><option>--property</option></term> <listitem> <para>Also print the properties of the event.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-s</option></term> <term><option>--subsystem-match=<replaceable>string[/string]</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Filter events by subsystem[/devtype]. Only udev events with a matching subsystem value will pass.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-t</option></term> <term><option>--tag-match=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Filter events by property. Only udev events with a given tag attached will pass.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print help text.</para> @@ -427,6 +484,7 @@ <para>Maintain the hardware database index in <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</filename>.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-u</option></term> <term><option>--update</option></term> <listitem> <para>Compile the hardware database information located in /usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d/, @@ -437,6 +495,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-t</option></term> <term><option>--test=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>Query the database with a modalias string, and print the @@ -444,9 +503,17 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-r</option></term> <term><option>--root=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> - <para>Alternative root path in the filesystem for reading and writing files.</para> + <para>Alternative root path in the file system for reading and writing files.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> + <term><option>--help</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Print help text.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> @@ -456,18 +523,27 @@ <para>Simulate a udev event run for the given device, and print debug output.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-a</option></term> <term><option>--action=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para>The action string.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>--subsystem=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>-N</option></term> + <term><option>--resolve-names=<constant>early</constant>|<constant>late</constant>|<constant>never</constant></option></term> <listitem> - <para>The subsystem string.</para> + <para>Specify when udevadm should resolve names of users + and groups. When set to <constant>early</constant> (the + default), names will be resolved when the rules are + parsed. When set to <constant>late</constant>, names will + be resolved for every event. When set to + <constant>never</constant>, names will never be resolved + and all devices will be owned by root.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print help text.</para> @@ -476,10 +552,13 @@ </variablelist> </refsect2> - <refsect2><title>udevadm test-builtin <optional>options</optional> <replaceable>command</replaceable> <replaceable>devpath</replaceable></title> - <para>Run a built-in command for the given device, and print debug output.</para> + <refsect2><title>udevadm test-builtin <optional>options</optional> <replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable> <replaceable>DEVPATH</replaceable></title> + <para>Run a built-in command <replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable> + for device <replaceable>DEVPATH</replaceable>, and print debug + output.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> <term><option>--help</option></term> <listitem> <para>Print help text.</para> @@ -493,7 +572,7 @@ <title>See Also</title> <para><citerefentry> <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum> - </citerefentry> + </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry></para> |