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From: Neil Horman on 10 Mar 2010 15:20
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 07:44:39PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Mostly cosmetic, but imho it makes sense to call sub_info->init() right
> before kernel_execve(). This looks more natural and allows ->init() hook
> to change the priority if needed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg(a)redhat.com>
> ---
>
> kernel/kmod.c | 12 +++++-------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> --- mm/kernel/kmod.c~5_MOVE_INIT_DOWN 2010-03-10 17:36:37.000000000 +0100
> +++ mm/kernel/kmod.c 2010-03-10 19:40:24.000000000 +0100
> @@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void
>
> /* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
> set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpu_all_mask);
> + /*
> + * Our parent is keventd, which runs with elevated scheduling priority.
> + * Avoid propagating that into the userspace child.
> + */
> + set_user_nice(current, 0);
>
> if (sub_info->init) {
> retval = sub_info->init(sub_info);
> @@ -166,14 +171,7 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void
> goto fail;
> }
>
> - /*
> - * Our parent is keventd, which runs with elevated scheduling priority.
> - * Avoid propagating that into the userspace child.
> - */
> - set_user_nice(current, 0);
> -
> retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path, sub_info->argv, sub_info->envp);
> -
> /* Exec failed? */
> fail:
> sub_info->retval = retval;
>
>
>

Sure, why not. :)

Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman(a)tuxdriver.com>

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