SYSTEMD-UDEVD.SERVICE(8) systemd-udevd.service SYSTEMD-UDEVD.SERVICE(8)
NAME
systemd-udevd.service, systemd-udevd-control.socket, systemd-udevd-
kernel.socket, systemd-udevd - Device event managing daemon
SYNOPSIS
systemd-udevd.service
systemd-udevd-control.socket
systemd-udevd-kernel.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd [--daemon] [--debug] [--children-max=]
[--exec-delay=] [--event-timeout=]
[--resolve-names=early|late|never]
[--version] [--help]
DESCRIPTION
systemd-udevd listens to kernel uevents. For every event, systemd-udevd
executes matching instructions specified in udev rules. See udev(7).
The behavior of the daemon can be configured using udev.conf(5), its
command line options, environment variables, and on the kernel command
line, or changed dynamically with udevadm control.
OPTIONS
-d, --daemon
Detach and run in the background.
Added in version 186.
-D, --debug
Print debug messages to standard error.
Added in version 186.
-c, --children-max=
Limit the number of events executed in parallel.
Added in version 186.
-e, --exec-delay=
Delay the execution of each RUN{program} parameter by the given
number of seconds. This option might be useful when debugging system
crashes during coldplug caused by loading non-working kernel
modules.
Added in version 186.
-t, --event-timeout=
Set the number of seconds to wait for events to finish. After this
time, the event will be terminated. The default is 180 seconds.
Added in version 216.
-s, --timeout-signal=
Set the signal which systemd-udevd will send to forked off processes
after reaching event timeout. The setting can be overridden at boot
time with the kernel command line option udev.timeout_signal=.
Setting to SIGABRT may be helpful in order to debug worker timeouts.
Defaults to SIGKILL. Note that setting the option on the command
line overrides the setting from the configuration file.
Added in version 246.
-N, --resolve-names=
Specify when systemd-udevd should resolve names of users and groups.
When set to early (the default), names will be resolved when the
rules are parsed. When set to late, names will be resolved for every
event. When set to never, names will never be resolved and all
devices will be owned by root.
Added in version 186.
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
KERNEL COMMAND LINE
Parameters prefixed with "rd." will be read when systemd-udevd is used
in an initrd, those without will be processed both in the initrd and on
the host.
udev.log_level=, rd.udev.log_level=
Set the log level.
Added in version 247.
udev.children_max=, rd.udev.children_max=
Limit the number of events executed in parallel.
Added in version 186.
udev.exec_delay=, rd.udev.exec_delay=
Delay the execution of each RUN{program} parameter by the given
number of seconds. This option might be useful when debugging system
crashes during coldplug caused by loading non-working kernel
modules.
Added in version 186.
udev.event_timeout=, rd.udev.event_timeout=
Wait for events to finish up to the given number of seconds. This
option might be useful if events are terminated due to kernel
drivers taking too long to initialize.
Added in version 216.
udev.timeout_signal=, rd.udev.timeout_signal=
Specifies a signal that systemd-udevd will send to workers on
timeout. Note that kernel command line option overrides both the
setting in the configuration file and the one on the program command
line.
Added in version 246.
udev.blockdev_read_only, rd.udev.blockdev_read_only
If specified, mark all physical block devices read-only as they
appear. Synthetic block devices (such as loopback block devices or
device mapper devices) are left as they are. This is useful to
guarantee that the contents of physical block devices remains
unmodified during runtime, for example to implement fully stateless
systems, for testing or for recovery situations where corrupted file
systems shall not be corrupted further through accidental
modification.
A block device may be marked writable again by issuing the blockdev
--setrw command, see blockdev(8) for details.
Added in version 246.
net.ifnames=
Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names when
possible. It is enabled by default; specifying 0 disables it.
Added in version 199.
net.naming_scheme=
Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names when
possible (unless net.ifnames=0 is specified, see above). With this
kernel command line option it is possible to pick a specific version
of this algorithm and override the default chosen at compilation
time. Expects one of the naming scheme identifiers listed in
systemd.net-naming-scheme(7), or "latest" to select the latest
scheme known (to this particular version of systemd-udevd.service).
Note that selecting a specific scheme is not sufficient to fully
stabilize interface naming: the naming is generally derived from
driver attributes exposed by the kernel. As the kernel is updated,
previously missing attributes systemd-udevd.service is checking
might appear, which affects older name derivation algorithms, too.
Added in version 240.
net.ifname_policy=policy1[,policy2,...][,MAC]
Specifies naming policies applied when renaming network interfaces.
Takes a list of policies and an optional MAC address separated with
comma. Each policy value must be one of the policies understood by
the NamePolicy= setting in .link files, e.g. "onboard" or "path".
See systemd.link(5) for more details. When the MAC address is
specified, the policies are applied to the interface which has the
address. When no MAC address is specified, the policies are applied
to all interfaces. This kernel command line argument can be
specified multiple times.
This argument is not directly read by systemd-udevd, but is instead
converted to a .link file by systemd-network-generator.service(8).
For this argument to take effect, systemd-network-generator.service
must be enabled.
Example:
net.ifname_policy=keep,kernel,path,slot,onboard,01:23:45:67:89:ab
net.ifname_policy=keep,kernel,path,slot,onboard,mac
This is mostly equivalent to creating the following .link files:
# 91-name-policy-with-mac.link
[Match]
MACAddress=01:23:45:67:89:ab
[Link]
NamePolicy=keep kernel path slot onboard
AlternativeNamePolicy=path slot onboard
and
# 92-name-policy-for-all.link
[Match]
OriginalName=*
[Link]
NamePolicy=keep kernel path slot onboard mac
AlternativeNamePolicy=path slot onboard mac
Added in version 250.
SEE ALSO
udev.conf(5), udev(7), udevadm(8)
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