/* 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>
void write_int(char *path, int i)
{
char buf[1024];
int fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
if (fd < 0) {
perror("open");
exit(1);
}
sprintf(buf, "%d", i);
if (write(fd, buf, strlen(buf)) != strlen(buf)) {
perror("write");
close(fd);
void set_led(int on)
write_int("/sys/class/leds/hp::hddprotect/brightness", on);
void protect(int seconds)
write_int("/sys/block/sda/device/unload_heads", 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;
fd = open("/dev/freefall", O_RDONLY);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
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);
else
alarm(20);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;