Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:18:42 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 20/28] HOTPLUG: call_usermodehelper callback support |
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 10:48:40AM -0400, Mike Waychison wrote: > This patch extends the call_usermodehelper api by adding a callback variant. > The callback is made right when the system is about to call execve into the > new process. This allows for the caller to provide changes to the default > environment right before the exec takes place. Note: the context of the > callback will be _from within another process_.
I don't like this at all. First it's the usual fork() + exec() vs spawn() with gazillions of arguments debatte, second this sounds far too complex to do it in kernelspace to me. Why can't you do the enviroment changes from the program beeing executed?
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