[Suspend2][ 11/13] [Suspend2] Launch a userspace helper.

[Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net>]

Launch a userspace helper. The usermodehelper function can't take a simple
string with args, so we split the arguments up into words (as required)
before invoking usermodehelper.

Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net>

 kernel/power/netlink.c |   54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/power/netlink.c b/kernel/power/netlink.c
index 7b75f4f..d7a3a90 100644
--- a/kernel/power/netlink.c
+++ b/kernel/power/netlink.c
@@ -290,3 +290,57 @@ void suspend_netlink_close(struct user_h
 	}
 }
 
+int suspend2_launch_userspace_program(char *command, int channel_no)
+{
+	int retval;
+	static char *envp[] = {
+			"HOME=/",
+			"TERM=linux",
+			"PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
+			NULL };
+	static char *argv[] = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL };
+	char *channel = kmalloc(6, GFP_KERNEL);
+	int arg = 0, size;
+	char test_read[255];
+	char *orig_posn = command;
+
+	if (!strlen(orig_posn))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Up to 7 args supported */
+	while (arg < 7) {
+		sscanf(orig_posn, "%s", test_read);
+		size = strlen(test_read);
+		if (!(size))
+			break;
+		argv[arg] = kmalloc(size + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		strcpy(argv[arg], test_read);
+		orig_posn += size + 1;
+		*test_read = 0;
+		arg++;
+	}
+	
+	if (channel_no) {
+		sprintf(channel, "-c%d", channel_no);
+		argv[arg] = channel;
+	} else
+		arg--;
+
+	retval = call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, envp, 0);
+
+	if (retval)
+		printk("Failed to launch userspace program '%s': Error %d\n",
+				command, retval);
+
+	{
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; i < arg; i++)
+			if (argv[i] && argv[i] != channel)
+				kfree(argv[i]);
+	}
+
+	kfree(channel);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+

--
Nigel Cunningham		nigel at suspend2 dot net
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