/* Disk protection for HP machines.
*
* Copyright 2008 Eric Piel
* Copyright 2009 Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
* GPLv2.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sched.h>
char unload_heads_path[64];
int set_unload_heads_path(char *device)
{
char devname[64];
if (strlen(device) <= 5 || strncmp(device, "/dev/", 5) != 0)
return -EINVAL;
strncpy(devname, device + 5, sizeof(devname));
snprintf(unload_heads_path, sizeof(unload_heads_path),
"/sys/block/%s/device/unload_heads", devname);
return 0;
}
int valid_disk(void)
int fd = open(unload_heads_path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) {
perror(unload_heads_path);
close(fd);
return 1;
void write_int(char *path, int i)
char buf[1024];
int fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
perror("open");
exit(1);
sprintf(buf, "%d", i);
if (write(fd, buf, strlen(buf)) != strlen(buf)) {
perror("write");
void set_led(int on)
write_int("/sys/class/leds/hp::hddprotect/brightness", on);
void protect(int seconds)
write_int(unload_heads_path, seconds*1000);
int on_ac(void)
// /sys/class/power_supply/AC0/online
int lid_open(void)
// /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state
void ignore_me(void)
protect(0);
set_led(0);
int main(int argc, char **argv)
int fd, ret;
struct sched_param param;
if (argc == 1)
ret = set_unload_heads_path("/dev/sda");
else if (argc == 2)
ret = set_unload_heads_path(argv[1]);
else
ret = -EINVAL;
if (ret || !valid_disk()) {
fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <device> (default: /dev/sda)\n",
argv[0]);
fd = open("/dev/freefall", O_RDONLY);
perror("/dev/freefall");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
daemon(0, 0);
param.sched_priority = sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_FIFO);
sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m);
mlockall(MCL_CURRENT|MCL_FUTURE);
signal(SIGALRM, ignore_me);
for (;;) {
unsigned char count;
ret = read(fd, &count, sizeof(count));
alarm(0);
if ((ret == -1) && (errno == EINTR)) {
/* Alarm expired, time to unpark the heads */
continue;
if (ret != sizeof(count)) {
perror("read");
break;
protect(21);
set_led(1);
if (1 || on_ac() || lid_open())
alarm(2);
alarm(20);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;