linux-kernel - Re: [patch 7/7] tidy up usermode helper waiting a bit

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Date:	Fri, 11 May 2007 21:45:35 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Joel Becker <joel.becker@...cle.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ibm.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 7/7] tidy up usermode helper waiting a bit

[/me wonders why he was CC'ed]

>  	/* CLONE_VFORK: wait until the usermode helper has execve'd
>  	 * successfully We need the data structures to stay around
>  	 * until that is done.  */
> -	if (wait)
> +	if (wait == UMH_WAIT_PROC)
>  		pid = kernel_thread(wait_for_helper, sub_info,
>  				    CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
>  	else
>  		pid = kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper, sub_info,
>  				    CLONE_VFORK | SIGCHLD);

Isn't that a change in behaviour? Previously it said
	if (wait)
 <=>	if (wait != 0)
 <=>	if (wait != UMH_WAIT_EXEC)
or am I missing something?

johannes

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