Re: [PATCHSET 0/4] kmod: Optional timeout on the wait incall_usermodehelper_exec

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 04:18:49PM -0700, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> Andrew Hi
> 
> I'm picking on you because I don't have any one else to pick on.
> The 3 first patches here, are just good for today. Please see if
> you would like to take them? or tell me who should take them?
> 
> The 4th patch is an RFC, which got me looking into this.
> 
> My motivation is that I added yet another Kernel dependency on the
> call_usermodehelper() function and am not completely happy with the
> error case of having the user-mode program stuck forever. In such
> case I would like the Kernel part to timeout and properly error recover
> and clean up. So therefor the proposed 4th patch.

What is this new use of call_usermodhelper that you are doing this work
for?  Ideally, you never want to make this call, as it's slow and messy,
as you have found out.  Is there an in-kernel user that you have
recently added?

thanks,

greg k-h
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