Re: call_usermodehelper

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On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 07:20:21PM +0000, Vincenzo Mallozzi wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've read a reply mail of Jan Hudec about retrieving pid of a process created 
> by means of call_usermodehelper function. In this mail he suggests to patch 
> this function in order to get the pid searched. There's a way to do it witout 
> patching?
> As example, can we search for the keventd child and then get the pid?

Why do you want to know that pid from within the kernel?  What will that
allow you to accomplish?

thanks,

greg k-h

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