call_usermodehelper: UMH_WAIT_EXEC ignores kernel_thread() failure

UMH_WAIT_EXEC should report the error if kernel_thread() fails, like UMH_WAIT_PROC does. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Atom-X-Devs · May 27, 2010 · 04b1c38 · 04b1c38
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commit 04b1c38
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct *work)
 	case UMH_WAIT_PROC:
 		if (pid > 0)
 			break;
-		sub_info->retval = pid;
 		/* FALLTHROUGH */
-
 	case UMH_WAIT_EXEC:
+		if (pid < 0)
+			sub_info->retval = pid;
 		complete(sub_info->complete);
 	}
 }