1 files changed, 50 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 52e5abbc41d..9ebf9e20de5 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 
 
 u64 uevent_seqnum;
+#ifdef CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER
 char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
 struct uevent_sock {
 	struct list_head list;
@@ -88,11 +90,17 @@ out:
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
 static int kobj_bcast_filter(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
 {
-	struct kobject *kobj = data;
+	struct kobject *kobj = data, *ksobj;
 	const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops;
 
 	ops = kobj_ns_ops(kobj);
-	if (ops) {
+	if (!ops && kobj->kset) {
+		ksobj = &kobj->kset->kobj;
+		if (ksobj->parent != NULL)
+			ops = kobj_ns_ops(ksobj->parent);
+	}
+
+	if (ops && ops->netlink_ns && kobj->ktype->namespace) {
 		const void *sock_ns, *ns;
 		ns = kobj->ktype->namespace(kobj);
 		sock_ns = ops->netlink_ns(dsk);
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ static int kobj_bcast_filter(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER
 static int kobj_usermode_filter(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops;
@@ -118,6 +127,31 @@ static int kobj_usermode_filter(struct kobject *kobj)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int init_uevent_argv(struct kobj_uevent_env *env, const char *subsystem)
+{
+	int len;
+
+	len = strlcpy(&env->buf[env->buflen], subsystem,
+		      sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen);
+	if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen)) {
+		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "init_uevent_argv: buffer size too small\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	env->argv[0] = uevent_helper;
+	env->argv[1] = &env->buf[env->buflen];
+	env->argv[2] = NULL;
+
+	env->buflen += len + 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void cleanup_uevent_env(struct subprocess_info *info)
+{
+	kfree(info->data);
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * kobject_uevent_env - send an uevent with environmental data
  *
@@ -293,13 +327,11 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 #endif
 	mutex_unlock(&uevent_sock_mutex);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER
 	/* call uevent_helper, usually only enabled during early boot */
 	if (uevent_helper[0] && !kobj_usermode_filter(kobj)) {
-		char *argv [3];
+		struct subprocess_info *info;
 
-		argv [0] = uevent_helper;
-		argv [1] = (char *)subsystem;
-		argv [2] = NULL;
 		retval = add_uevent_var(env, "HOME=/");
 		if (retval)
 			goto exit;
@@ -307,10 +339,20 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 					"PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin");
 		if (retval)
 			goto exit;
+		retval = init_uevent_argv(env, subsystem);
+		if (retval)
+			goto exit;
 
-		retval = call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv,
-					     env->envp, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		info = call_usermodehelper_setup(env->argv[0], env->argv,
+						 env->envp, GFP_KERNEL,
+						 NULL, cleanup_uevent_env, env);
+		if (info) {
+			retval = call_usermodehelper_exec(info, UMH_NO_WAIT);
+			env = NULL;	/* freed by cleanup_uevent_env */
+		}
 	}
+#endif
 
 exit:
 	kfree(devpath);