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Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:32:23 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Patch] kernel/sys.c: fix an incorrect error branch in
 orderly_poweroff()


Also, the call_usermodehelper_fns() interface is rather nasty.  Let's
try to prevent mistakes:

--- a/kernel/kmod.c~a
+++ a/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -577,6 +577,12 @@ unlock:
 	return retval;
 }
 
+/*
+ * call_usermodehelper_fns() will not run the caller-provided cleanup function
+ * if a memory allocation failure is experienced.  So the caller might need to
+ * check the call_usermodehelper_fns() return value: if it is -ENOMEM, perform
+ * the necessaary cleanup within the caller.
+ */
 int call_usermodehelper_fns(
 	char *path, char **argv, char **envp, int wait,
 	int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new),
_

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