Name

call_usermodehelper_pipe — call a usermode helper process with a pipe stdin

Synopsis

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

Description

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.