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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kmod.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index da98d0593de2..0277d1216f80 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -327,9 +327,13 @@ static void call_usermodehelper_exec_work(struct work_struct *work) call_usermodehelper_exec_sync(sub_info); } else { pid_t pid; - + /* + * Use CLONE_PARENT to reparent it to kthreadd; we do not + * want to pollute current->children, and we need a parent + * that always ignores SIGCHLD to ensure auto-reaping. + */ pid = kernel_thread(call_usermodehelper_exec_async, sub_info, - SIGCHLD); + CLONE_PARENT | SIGCHLD); if (pid < 0) { sub_info->retval = pid; umh_complete(sub_info); |