call_usermodehelper
Section: Kernel Hacker's Manual (9)
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NAME
call_usermodehelper - start a usermode application
SYNOPSIS
int call_usermodehelper
(char *path,
char **argv,
char **envp);
ARGUMENTS
- path
-
pathname for the application
- argv
-
null-terminated argument list
- envp
-
null-terminated environment list
DESCRIPTION
Runs a user-space application. The application is started asynchronously. It
runs as a child of keventd. It runs with full root capabilities. keventd silently
reaps the child when it exits.
Must be called from process context. Returns zero on success, else a negative
error code.
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