linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] firmware_class: Rework usermodehelper check

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Message-Id: <201203260001.13462.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:01:13 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Saravana Kannan <skannan@...eaurora.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com>,
	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Linux PM mailing list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] firmware_class: Rework usermodehelper check

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>

Instead of two functions, read_lock_usermodehelper() and
usermodehelper_is_disabled(), used in combination, introduce
usermodehelper_read_trylock() that will only return with umhelper_sem
held if usermodehelper_disabled is unset (and will return -EAGAIN
otherwise) and make _request_firmware() use it.

Rename read_unlock_usermodehelper() to
usermodehelper_read_unlock() to follow the naming convention of the
new function.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
---
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c |   11 +++++------
 include/linux/kmod.h          |    5 ++---
 kernel/kmod.c                 |   24 +++++++++++-------------
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

Index: linux/include/linux/kmod.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/linux/kmod.h
+++ linux/include/linux/kmod.h
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ extern void usermodehelper_init(void);
 
 extern int usermodehelper_disable(void);
 extern void usermodehelper_enable(void);
-extern bool usermodehelper_is_disabled(void);
-extern void read_lock_usermodehelper(void);
-extern void read_unlock_usermodehelper(void);
+extern int usermodehelper_read_trylock(void);
+extern void usermodehelper_read_unlock(void);
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_KMOD_H__ */
Index: linux/kernel/kmod.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/kernel/kmod.c
+++ linux/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -296,17 +296,24 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(running_h
  */
 #define RUNNING_HELPERS_TIMEOUT	(5 * HZ)
 
-void read_lock_usermodehelper(void)
+int usermodehelper_read_trylock(void)
 {
+	int ret = 0;
+
 	down_read(&umhelper_sem);
+	if (usermodehelper_disabled) {
+		up_read(&umhelper_sem);
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(read_lock_usermodehelper);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usermodehelper_read_trylock);
 
-void read_unlock_usermodehelper(void)
+void usermodehelper_read_unlock(void)
 {
 	up_read(&umhelper_sem);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(read_unlock_usermodehelper);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usermodehelper_read_unlock);
 
 /**
  * usermodehelper_disable - prevent new helpers from being started
@@ -347,15 +354,6 @@ void usermodehelper_enable(void)
 	up_write(&umhelper_sem);
 }
 
-/**
- * usermodehelper_is_disabled - check if new helpers are allowed to be started
- */
-bool usermodehelper_is_disabled(void)
-{
-	return usermodehelper_disabled;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usermodehelper_is_disabled);
-
 static void helper_lock(void)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&running_helpers);
Index: linux/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ linux/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -533,12 +533,10 @@ static int _request_firmware(const struc
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	read_lock_usermodehelper();
-
-	if (WARN_ON(usermodehelper_is_disabled())) {
+	retval = usermodehelper_read_trylock();
+	if (WARN_ON(retval)) {
 		dev_err(device, "firmware: %s will not be loaded\n", name);
-		retval = -EBUSY;
-		goto out;
+		goto out_nolock;
 	}
 
 	if (uevent)
@@ -573,8 +571,9 @@ static int _request_firmware(const struc
 	fw_destroy_instance(fw_priv);
 
 out:
-	read_unlock_usermodehelper();
+	usermodehelper_read_unlock();
 
+out_nolock:
 	if (retval) {
 		release_firmware(firmware);
 		*firmware_p = NULL;

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