Name
call_usermodehelper_keys —
start a usermode application
Synopsis
int call_usermodehelper_keys ( | char * | path, |
| | char ** | argv, |
| | char ** | envp, |
| | struct key * | session_keyring, |
| | int | wait); |
Arguments
path
pathname for the application
argv
null-terminated argument list
envp
null-terminated environment list
session_keyring
session keyring for process (NULL for an empty keyring)
wait
wait for the application to finish and return status.
Description
Runs a user-space application. The application is started
asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of keventd.
(ie. it runs with full root capabilities).
Must be called from process context. Returns a negative error code
if program was not execed successfully, or 0.