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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kmod.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index ff2c7cb86d77..2a8351516a0e 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/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), |