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authorJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pretzel.yyz.us>2005-06-27 03:42:30 (GMT)
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>2005-06-27 03:42:30 (GMT)
commitf45727d52d1581e9ff4df9d1a12a60789ad2d1eb (patch)
tree773ae25f98542e6d382c688f7e85e8137d065614 /kernel/kmod.c
parent4c925f452cfd16c690209e96821ee094e09a2404 (diff)
parent5696c1944a33b4434a9a1ebb6383b906afd43a10 (diff)
downloadlinux-f45727d52d1581e9ff4df9d1a12a60789ad2d1eb.tar.xz
Merge /spare/repo/netdev-2.6/ branch 'ieee80211'
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kmod.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/kmod.c17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index eed53d4..44166e3 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct subprocess_info {
char *path;
char **argv;
char **envp;
+ struct key *ring;
int wait;
int retval;
};
@@ -130,16 +131,21 @@ struct subprocess_info {
static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
{
struct subprocess_info *sub_info = data;
+ struct key *old_session;
int retval;
- /* Unblock all signals. */
+ /* Unblock all signals and set the session keyring. */
+ key_get(sub_info->ring);
flush_signals(current);
spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+ old_session = __install_session_keyring(current, sub_info->ring);
flush_signal_handlers(current, 1);
sigemptyset(&current->blocked);
recalc_sigpending();
spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+ key_put(old_session);
+
/* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
set_cpus_allowed(current, CPU_MASK_ALL);
@@ -211,10 +217,11 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(void *data)
}
/**
- * call_usermodehelper - start a usermode application
+ * call_usermodehelper_keys - start a usermode application
* @path: pathname for the application
* @argv: null-terminated argument list
* @envp: null-terminated environment list
+ * @session_keyring: session keyring for process (NULL for an empty keyring)
* @wait: wait for the application to finish and return status.
*
* Runs a user-space application. The application is started
@@ -224,7 +231,8 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(void *data)
* Must be called from process context. Returns a negative error code
* if program was not execed successfully, or 0.
*/
-int call_usermodehelper(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, int wait)
+int call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
+ struct key *session_keyring, int wait)
{
DECLARE_COMPLETION(done);
struct subprocess_info sub_info = {
@@ -232,6 +240,7 @@ int call_usermodehelper(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, int wait)
.path = path,
.argv = argv,
.envp = envp,
+ .ring = session_keyring,
.wait = wait,
.retval = 0,
};
@@ -247,7 +256,7 @@ int call_usermodehelper(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, int wait)
wait_for_completion(&done);
return sub_info.retval;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_keys);
void __init usermodehelper_init(void)
{