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| author | KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> | 2008-07-25 01:45:38 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-07-25 10:53:28 -0700 |
| commit | ac331d158e198d2a91a5b0a3ec4ca9991fdb57af (patch) | |
| tree | b0921e2bc8e59d5df2c554c41c3b9f04e05d6d7c /include/linux/kmod.h | |
| parent | f557d0996a6f9c06912528ea85e1dba0fb7d485f (diff) | |
| download | lwn-ac331d158e198d2a91a5b0a3ec4ca9991fdb57af.tar.gz lwn-ac331d158e198d2a91a5b0a3ec4ca9991fdb57af.zip | |
call_usermodehelper(): increase reliability
Presently call_usermodehelper_setup() uses GFP_ATOMIC. but it can return
NULL _very_ easily.
GFP_ATOMIC is needed only when we can't sleep. and, GFP_KERNEL is robust
and better.
thus, I add gfp_mask argument to call_usermodehelper_setup().
So, its callers pass the gfp_t as below:
call_usermodehelper() and call_usermodehelper_keys():
depend on 'wait' argument.
call_usermodehelper_pipe():
always GFP_KERNEL because always run under process context.
orderly_poweroff():
pass to GFP_ATOMIC because may run under interrupt context.
Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: "Paul Menage" <menage@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kmod.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kmod.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kmod.h b/include/linux/kmod.h index 0509c4ce4857..a1a91577813c 100644 --- a/include/linux/kmod.h +++ b/include/linux/kmod.h @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ +#include <linux/gfp.h> #include <linux/stddef.h> #include <linux/errno.h> #include <linux/compiler.h> @@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ struct file; struct subprocess_info; /* Allocate a subprocess_info structure */ -struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path, - char **argv, char **envp); +struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path, char **argv, + char **envp, gfp_t gfp_mask); /* Set various pieces of state into the subprocess_info structure */ void call_usermodehelper_setkeys(struct subprocess_info *info, @@ -69,8 +70,9 @@ static inline int call_usermodehelper(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, enum umh_wait wait) { struct subprocess_info *info; + gfp_t gfp_mask = (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT) ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL; - info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp); + info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp, gfp_mask); if (info == NULL) return -ENOMEM; return call_usermodehelper_exec(info, wait); @@ -81,8 +83,9 @@ call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, struct key *session_keyring, enum umh_wait wait) { struct subprocess_info *info; + gfp_t gfp_mask = (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT) ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL; - info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp); + info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp, gfp_mask); if (info == NULL) return -ENOMEM; |