linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] core_pattern: allow passing of arguments to user mode helper when core

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:46:36 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	martin.pitt@...ntu.com, wwoods@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] core_pattern: allow passing of arguments to user mode helper when core_pattern is a pipe

On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 01:54:19PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Neil Horman wrote:
> > +	int helper_argc = 0;
> >   
> > +		helper_argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, corename+1, &helper_argc);
> >   
> 
> Hm, I suspect most users of argv_split don't really care about argc, so
> it would useful to change argv_split to take NULL as the argc pointer,
> rather than declare a bunch of unused variables.  Interested in throwing
> a patch together?
> 
>     J


Gladly, I'll take care of it next week.

Regards
Neil

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