Driver core: add CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
The kernel creates a process for every event that is send, even when
there is no binary it could execute. We are needlessly creating around
200-300 failing processes during early bootup, until we have the chance
to disable it from userspace.
This change allows us to disable /sbin/hotplug entirely, if you want to,
by setting UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="" in the kernel config.
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 5d6312e..d7da109 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
menu "Generic Driver Options"
+config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
+ string "path to uevent helper"
+ depends on HOTPLUG
+ default "/sbin/hotplug"
+ help
+ Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for
+ every uevent.
+
config STANDALONE
bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" if EXPERIMENTAL
default y