include/linux/kmod.h

#ifndef __LINUX_KMOD_H__
#define __LINUX_KMOD_H__

/*
 *	include/linux/kmod.h
 *
 *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *      the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 *      (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *      GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *      You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *      along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *      Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */

#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>

#define KMOD_PATH_LEN 256

#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
/* modprobe exit status on success, -ve on error.  Return value
 * usually useless though. */
extern int request_module(const char * name, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
#else
static inline int request_module(const char * name, ...) { return -ENOSYS; }
#endif

#define try_then_request_module(x, mod...) ((x) ?: (request_module(mod), (x)))

struct key;
struct file;
struct subprocess_info;

/* Allocate a subprocess_info structure */
struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path,
						  char **argv, char **envp);

/* Set various pieces of state into the subprocess_info structure */
void call_usermodehelper_setkeys(struct subprocess_info *info,
				 struct key *session_keyring);
int call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe(struct subprocess_info *sub_info,
				  struct file **filp);
void call_usermodehelper_setcleanup(struct subprocess_info *info,
				    void (*cleanup)(char **argv, char **envp));

/* Actually execute the sub-process */
int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *info, int wait);

/* Free the subprocess_info. This is only needed if you're not going
   to call call_usermodehelper_exec */
void call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(struct subprocess_info *info);

static inline int
call_usermodehelper(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, int wait)
{
	struct subprocess_info *info;

	info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp);
	if (info == NULL)
		return -ENOMEM;
	return call_usermodehelper_exec(info, wait);
}

static inline int
call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
			 struct key *session_keyring, int wait)
{
	struct subprocess_info *info;

	info = call_usermodehelper_setup(path, argv, envp);
	if (info == NULL)
		return -ENOMEM;

	call_usermodehelper_setkeys(info, session_keyring);
	return call_usermodehelper_exec(info, wait);
}

extern void usermodehelper_init(void);

struct file;
extern int call_usermodehelper_pipe(char *path, char *argv[], char *envp[],
				    struct file **filp);

#endif /* __LINUX_KMOD_H__ */