Re: [PATCHSET 0/6 version 2] kmod: Optional timeout on the wait incall_usermodehelper_exec

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 03/27, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> IOW, please explain at some length why you need this.  Do you think
> that there are existing call sites which can usefully use this feature?
> Do you expect that new callers are likely to need this?  etcetera.

Cough. Can't resist... Could you also explain why
http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=133252084301205 can't work?

To clarify, I am just curious, I am not arguing. I am asking because
if UMH_WAIT_PROC(timeout) fails with -ETIMEDOUT, then perhaps it makes
sense to not "leak" the user-space process servicing the kernel request
we were waiting for.

Oleg.

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