CALL_USERMODEHELPER(9) Module Support CALL_USERMODEHELPER(9)NAMEcall_usermodehelper - prepare and start a usermode application
SYNOPSIS
int call_usermodehelper(char * path, char ** argv, char ** envp,
int wait);
ARGUMENTS
path
path to usermode executable
argv
arg vector for process
envp
environment for process
wait
wait for the application to finish and return status. when
UMH_NO_WAIT don't wait at all, but you get no useful error back
when the program couldn't be exec'ed. This makes it safe to call
from interrupt context.
DESCRIPTION
This function is the equivalent to use call_usermodehelper_setup and
call_usermodehelper_exec.
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