[ 147/153] kmod: introduce call_modprobe() helper

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Mar 03 2013 - 22:43:02 EST


3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 3e63a93b987685f02421e18b2aa452d20553a88b upstream.

No functional changes. Move the call_usermodehelper code from
__request_module() into the new simple helper, call_modprobe().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kmod.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(umh_sysctl_lock);
*/
char modprobe_path[KMOD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/modprobe";

+static int call_modprobe(char *module_name, int wait)
+{
+ static char *envp[] = {
+ "HOME=/",
+ "TERM=linux",
+ "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
+ NULL
+ };
+
+ char *argv[] = { modprobe_path, "-q", "--", module_name, NULL };
+
+ return call_usermodehelper_fns(modprobe_path, argv, envp,
+ wait, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
/**
* __request_module - try to load a kernel module
* @wait: wait (or not) for the operation to complete
@@ -79,11 +94,6 @@ int __request_module(bool wait, const ch
char module_name[MODULE_NAME_LEN];
unsigned int max_modprobes;
int ret;
- char *argv[] = { modprobe_path, "-q", "--", module_name, NULL };
- static char *envp[] = { "HOME=/",
- "TERM=linux",
- "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
- NULL };
static atomic_t kmod_concurrent = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
#define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50 /* Completely arbitrary value - KAO */
static int kmod_loop_msg;
@@ -126,9 +136,7 @@ int __request_module(bool wait, const ch

trace_module_request(module_name, wait, _RET_IP_);

- ret = call_usermodehelper_fns(modprobe_path, argv, envp,
- wait ? UMH_WAIT_PROC : UMH_WAIT_EXEC,
- NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ ret = call_modprobe(module_name, wait ? UMH_WAIT_PROC : UMH_WAIT_EXEC);

atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);
return ret;


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