kernel/linux.git/include/linux/kmod.h, branch linux-2.6.28.y

pm: rework disabling of user mode helpers during suspend/hibernation

2008-10-16T18:21:29+00:00

We currently use a PM notifier to disable user mode helpers before suspend and hibernation and to re-enable them during resume. However, this is not an ideal solution, because if any drivers want to upload firmware into memory before suspend, they have to use a PM notifier for this purpose and there is no guarantee that the ordering of PM notifiers will be as expected (ie. the notifier that disables user mode helpers has to be run after the driver's notifier used for uploading the firmware). For this reason, it seems better to move the disabling and enabling of user mode helpers to separate functions that will be called by the PM core as necessary. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove unneeded ifdefs] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Cc: Alan Stern Acked-by: Pavel Machek Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

call_usermodehelper(): increase reliability

2008-07-25T17:53:28+00:00

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 Cc: "Paul Menage" Reviewed-by: Li Zefan Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

remove CONFIG_KMOD from core kernel code

2008-07-22T09:24:31+00:00

Always compile request_module when the kernel allows modules. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

rework try_then_request_module to do less in non-modular kernels

2008-07-22T09:24:29+00:00

This reworks try_then_request_module to only invoke the "lookup" function "x" once when the kernel is not modular. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

usermodehelper: Tidy up waiting

2007-07-18T15:47:40+00:00

Rather than using a tri-state integer for the wait flag in call_usermodehelper_exec, define a proper enum, and use that. I've preserved the integer values so that any callers I've missed should still work OK. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: James Bottomley Cc: Randy Dunlap Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Johannes Berg Cc: Ralf Baechle Cc: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Joel Becker Cc: Tony Luck Cc: Kay Sievers Cc: Srivatsa Vaddagiri Cc: Oleg Nesterov Cc: David Howells

usermodehelper: split setup from execution

2007-07-18T15:47:40+00:00

Rather than having hundreds of variations of call_usermodehelper for various pieces of usermode state which could be set up, split the info allocation and initialization from the actual process execution. This means the general pattern becomes: info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp); /* basic state */ call_usermodehelper_(info, stuff...); /* extra state */ call_usermodehelper_exec(info, wait); /* run process and free info */ This patch introduces wrappers for all the existing calling styles for call_usermodehelper_*, but folds their implementations into one. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: David Howells Cc: Bj?rn Steinbrink Cc: Randy Dunlap

Revert "Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent"

2007-02-23T22:54:57+00:00

This reverts commit c353c3fb0700a3c17ea2b0237710a184232ccd7f. It turns out that we end up with a loop trying to load the unix module and calling netfilter to do that. Will redo the patch later to not have this loop. Acked-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent

2007-02-16T23:19:15+00:00

On recent systems, calls to /sbin/modprobe are handled by udev depending on the kind of device the kernel has discovered. This patch creates an uevent for the kernels internal request_module(), to let udev take control over the request, instead of forking the binary directly by the kernel. The direct execution of /sbin/modprobe can be disabled by setting: /sys/module/kmod/mod_request_helper (/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe) to an empty string, the same way /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug is disabled on an udev system. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] Create call_usermodehelper_pipe()

2006-10-01T07:39:33+00:00

A new member in the ever growing family of call_usermode* functions is born. The new call_usermodehelper_pipe() function allows to pipe data to the stdin of the called user mode progam and behaves otherwise like the normal call_usermodehelp() (except that it always waits for the child to finish) Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/

2006-04-26T11:56:16+00:00

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse