call_usermodehelper_pipe(9)

call_usermodehelper_pipe9

Call a usermode helper process with a pipe stdin

Usage

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

Arguments

path

path to usermode executable

argv

arg vector for process

envp

environment for process

filp

set to the write-end of a pipe

Overview

This is a simple wrapper which executes a usermode-helper function with a pipe as stdin. It is implemented entirely in terms of lower-level call_usermodehelper_* functions.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0

From linux-manual-2.6.32 2.6.32-48squeeze6 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.