The patch titled
call_usermodehelper(): increase reliability
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
call_usermodehelper-increase-reliability.patch
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Subject: call_usermodehelper(): increase reliability
From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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 <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul Menage" <menage@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kmod.h | 11 +++++++----
kernel/kmod.c | 9 +++++----
kernel/sys.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/kmod.h~call_usermodehelper-increase-reliability include/linux/kmod.h
--- a/include/linux/kmod.h~call_usermodehelper-increase-reliability
+++ a/include/linux/kmod.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
+#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ struct file;
struct subprocess_info;
/* Allocate a subprocess_info structure */
-struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path,
- char **argv, char **envp);
+struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path, char **argv,
+ char **envp, gfp_t gfp_mask);
/* Set various pieces of state into the subprocess_info structure */
void call_usermodehelper_setkeys(struct subprocess_info *info,
@@ -68,8 +69,9 @@ static inline int
call_usermodehelper(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, enum umh_wait wait)
{
struct subprocess_info *info;
+ gfp_t gfp_mask = (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT) ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
- info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp);
+ info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp, gfp_mask);
if (info == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
return call_usermodehelper_exec(info, wait);
@@ -80,8 +82,9 @@ call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path, cha
struct key *session_keyring, enum umh_wait wait)
{
struct subprocess_info *info;
+ gfp_t gfp_mask = (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT) ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
- info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp);
+ info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp, gfp_mask);
if (info == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
diff -puN kernel/kmod.c~call_usermodehelper-increase-reliability kernel/kmod.c
--- a/kernel/kmod.c~call_usermodehelper-increase-reliability
+++ a/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -352,16 +352,17 @@ static inline void register_pm_notifier_
* @path: path to usermode executable
* @argv: arg vector for process
* @envp: environment for process
+ * @gfp_mask: gfp mask for memory allocation
*
* Returns either %NULL on allocation failure, or a subprocess_info
* structure. This should be passed to call_usermodehelper_exec to
* exec the process and free the structure.
*/
-struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path,
- char **argv, char **envp)
+struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path, char **argv,
+ char **envp, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
struct subprocess_info *sub_info;
- sub_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct subprocess_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
+ sub_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct subprocess_info), gfp_mask);
if (!sub_info)
goto out;
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@ int call_usermodehelper_pipe(char *path,
struct subprocess_info *sub_info;
int ret;
- sub_info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp);
+ sub_info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp, GFP_KERNEL);
if (sub_info == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
diff -puN kernel/sys.c~call_usermodehelper-increase-reliability kernel/sys.c
--- a/kernel/sys.c~call_usermodehelper-increase-reliability
+++ a/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ int orderly_poweroff(bool force)
goto out;
}
- info = call_usermodehelper_setup(argv[0], argv, envp);
+ info = call_usermodehelper_setup(argv[0], argv, envp, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (info == NULL) {
argv_free(argv);
goto out;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
page-allocator-inlnie-some-__alloc_pages-wrappers.patch
page-allocator-inlnie-some-__alloc_pages-wrappers-fix.patch
mm-hugetlbc-fix-duplicate-variable.patch
page-flags-record-page-flag-overlays-explicitly.patch
slub-record-page-flag-overlays-explicitly.patch
slob-record-page-flag-overlays-explicitly.patch
call_usermodehelper-increase-reliability.patch
make-mm-memoryc-print_bad_pte-static.patch
mm-swapfilec-make-code-static.patch
make-mm-rmapc-anon_vma_cachep-static.patch
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