Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | On running user mode helpers | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Date | Fri, 08 Dec 2000 10:32:46 -0700 |
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I see we have a new "call_usermodehelper" routine now. It looks like the end result is similer to exec_usermodehelper, except that you no longer need to mess with creating kernel threads yourself.
Is call_usermodehelper now the officially blessed way for kernel code to run something in user space? Perhaps exec_usermodehelper should become private to kmod.c?
I also see that call_usermodehelper will call do_exit() if the exec fails, while the path taken in request_module does not do that. Can both be right?
Thanks,
jon
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