Re: [PATCH 1/3] Keys: Pass session keyring to call_usermodehelper()

Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:

> > The attached patch makes it possible to pass a session keyring through to
> >  the process spawned by call_usermodehelper().
> 
> hm.  Seems likely to attract angry emails due to breakage of out-of-tree
> stuff.  Did you consider
> 
> static inline int
> call_usermodehelper(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, int wait)
> {
> 	return call_usermodehelper_keys(path, argv, envp, NULL, wait);
> }

No. I can do that if you want. It seems a bit excessive though.

David
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