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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/umh.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/umh.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/umh.c b/kernel/umh.c index 7f255b5a8845..11bf5eea474c 100644 --- a/kernel/umh.c +++ b/kernel/umh.c @@ -544,6 +544,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fork_usermode_blob); * Runs a user-space application. The application is started * asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of system workqueues. * (ie. it runs with full root capabilities and optimized affinity). + * + * Note: successful return value does not guarantee the helper was called at + * all. You can't rely on sub_info->{init,cleanup} being called even for + * UMH_WAIT_* wait modes as STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH="" turns all helpers + * into a successful no-op. */ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *sub_info, int wait) { |