[PATCH 4/5] kmod: introduce call_modprobe() helper

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Tue Feb 07 2012 - 12:35:33 EST


No functional changes. Move the call_usermodehelper code from
__request_module() into the new simple helper, call_modprobe().
---
kernel/kmod.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 7452b4e..cc119d1 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(umhelper_sem);
*/
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
@@ -81,11 +96,6 @@ int __request_module(bool wait, const char *fmt, ...)
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;
@@ -128,9 +138,7 @@ int __request_module(bool wait, const char *fmt, ...)

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;
--
1.5.5.1


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