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author | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2007-02-17 15:11:43 -0500 |
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committer | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2007-02-17 15:11:43 -0500 |
commit | f630fe2817601314b2eb7ca5ddc23c7834646731 (patch) | |
tree | 3bfb4939b7bbc3859575ca8b58fa3f929b015941 /kernel/kmod.c | |
parent | 48c871c1f6a7c7044dd76774fb469e65c7e2e4e8 (diff) | |
parent | 8a03d9a498eaf02c8a118752050a5154852c13bf (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' into upstream
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kmod.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/kmod.c | 44 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index 3a7379aa31c..796276141e5 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ static int wait_for_helper(void *data) sub_info->retval = ret; } - complete(sub_info->complete); + if (sub_info->wait < 0) + kfree(sub_info); + else + complete(sub_info->complete); return 0; } @@ -239,6 +242,9 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct *work) pid = kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper, sub_info, CLONE_VFORK | SIGCHLD); + if (wait < 0) + return; + if (pid < 0) { sub_info->retval = pid; complete(sub_info->complete); @@ -253,6 +259,9 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct *work) * @envp: null-terminated environment list * @session_keyring: session keyring for process (NULL for an empty keyring) * @wait: wait for the application to finish and return status. + * when -1 don't wait at all, but you get no useful error back when + * the program couldn't be exec'ed. This makes it safe to call + * from interrupt context. * * Runs a user-space application. The application is started * asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of keventd. @@ -265,17 +274,8 @@ int call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, struct key *session_keyring, int wait) { DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done); - struct subprocess_info sub_info = { - .work = __WORK_INITIALIZER(sub_info.work, - __call_usermodehelper), - .complete = &done, - .path = path, - .argv = argv, - .envp = envp, - .ring = session_keyring, - .wait = wait, - .retval = 0, - }; + struct subprocess_info *sub_info; + int retval; if (!khelper_wq) return -EBUSY; @@ -283,9 +283,25 @@ int call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, if (path[0] == '\0') return 0; - queue_work(khelper_wq, &sub_info.work); + sub_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct subprocess_info), GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!sub_info) + return -ENOMEM; + + INIT_WORK(&sub_info->work, __call_usermodehelper); + sub_info->complete = &done; + sub_info->path = path; + sub_info->argv = argv; + sub_info->envp = envp; + sub_info->ring = session_keyring; + sub_info->wait = wait; + + queue_work(khelper_wq, &sub_info->work); + if (wait < 0) /* task has freed sub_info */ + return 0; wait_for_completion(&done); - return sub_info.retval; + retval = sub_info->retval; + kfree(sub_info); + return retval; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_keys); |