linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] KEYS: split call to call_usermodehelper

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Date:	Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:56:00 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	lucas.de.marchi@...il.com,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] KEYS: split call to call_usermodehelper_fns()

Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi> wrote:

> Use call_usermodehelper_setup() + call_usermodehelper_exec() instead of
> calling call_usermodehelper_fns(). In case there's an OOM in this last
> function the cleanup function may not be called - in this case we would
> miss a call to key_put().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>

Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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