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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kmod.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kmod.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index 4621771b43b9..2777f40a9c7b 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ extern int max_threads; static struct workqueue_struct *khelper_wq; -/* - * kmod_thread_locker is used for deadlock avoidance. There is no explicit - * locking to protect this global - it is private to the singleton khelper - * thread and should only ever be modified by that thread. - */ -static const struct task_struct *kmod_thread_locker; - #define CAP_BSET (void *)1 #define CAP_PI (void *)2 @@ -273,13 +266,6 @@ out: do_exit(0); } -static int call_helper(void *data) -{ - /* Worker thread started blocking khelper thread. */ - kmod_thread_locker = current; - return ____call_usermodehelper(data); -} - /* Keventd can't block, but this (a child) can. */ static int wait_for_helper(void *data) { @@ -327,11 +313,9 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct *work) if (sub_info->wait & UMH_WAIT_PROC) pid = kernel_thread(wait_for_helper, sub_info, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD); - else { - pid = kernel_thread(call_helper, sub_info, SIGCHLD); - /* Worker thread stopped blocking khelper thread. */ - kmod_thread_locker = NULL; - } + else + pid = kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper, sub_info, + SIGCHLD); if (pid < 0) { sub_info->retval = pid; @@ -565,17 +549,6 @@ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *sub_info, int wait) goto out; } /* - * Worker thread must not wait for khelper thread at below - * wait_for_completion() if the thread was created with CLONE_VFORK - * flag, for khelper thread is already waiting for the thread at - * wait_for_completion() in do_fork(). - */ - if (wait != UMH_NO_WAIT && current == kmod_thread_locker) { - retval = -EBUSY; - goto out; - } - - /* * Set the completion pointer only if there is a waiter. * This makes it possible to use umh_complete to free * the data structure in case of UMH_NO_WAIT. |