@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *sub_info, int wait)
* flag, for khelper thread is already waiting for the thread at
* wait_for_completion() in do_fork().
*/
- if (wait != UMH_NO_WAIT && current == kmod_thread_locker) {
+ if (WARN_ON(wait != UMH_NO_WAIT && current == kmod_thread_locker)) {
retval = -EBUSY;
goto out;
}
----- Patch 2 -----
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ static inline int request_module_nowait(const char *name, ...) { return -ENOSYS;
struct cred;
struct file;
-#define UMH_NO_WAIT 0 /* don't wait at all */
-#define UMH_WAIT_EXEC 1 /* wait for the exec, but not the process */
-#define UMH_WAIT_PROC 2 /* wait for the process to complete */
-#define UMH_KILLABLE 4 /* wait for EXEC/PROC killable */
+#define UMH_NO_WAIT 0x10 /* don't wait at all */
+#define UMH_WAIT_EXEC 0x11 /* wait for the exec, but not the process */
+#define UMH_WAIT_PROC 0x12 /* wait for the process to complete */
+#define UMH_KILLABLE 0x04 /* wait for EXEC/PROC killable */
struct subprocess_info {
struct work_struct work;
@@ -483,6 +483,18 @@ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *sub_info, int wait)
DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
int retval = 0;
+ if (unlikely(wait == -1 || wait == 0 || wait == 1)) {
+ WARN(1, "Requesting for usermode helper with hardcoded wait "
+ "flag. Change to use UMH_* symbols and recompile, or "
+ "this request will fail on Linux 3.4.\n");
+ if (wait == -1)
+ wait = UMH_NO_WAIT;
+ else if (wait == 0)
+ wait = UMH_WAIT_EXEC;
+ else
+ wait = UMH_WAIT_PROC;
+ }
+
helper_lock();
if (sub_info->path[0] == '\0')
goto out;