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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/umh.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/umh.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/umh.c b/kernel/umh.c index 7f255b5a8845..3474d6aa55d8 100644 --- a/kernel/umh.c +++ b/kernel/umh.c @@ -475,6 +475,12 @@ static void umh_clean_and_save_pid(struct subprocess_info *info) { struct umh_info *umh_info = info->data; + /* cleanup if umh_pipe_setup() was successful but exec failed */ + if (info->pid && info->retval) { + fput(umh_info->pipe_to_umh); + fput(umh_info->pipe_from_umh); + } + argv_free(info->argv); umh_info->pid = info->pid; } @@ -544,6 +550,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fork_usermode_blob); * Runs a user-space application. The application is started * asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of system workqueues. * (ie. it runs with full root capabilities and optimized affinity). + * + * Note: successful return value does not guarantee the helper was called at + * all. You can't rely on sub_info->{init,cleanup} being called even for + * UMH_WAIT_* wait modes as STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH="" turns all helpers + * into a successful no-op. */ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *sub_info, int wait) { |