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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-03-25 15:31:22 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-03-25 15:31:22 -0700
commitefd13b71a3fa31413f8d15342e01d44b60b0a432 (patch)
tree2ed1b299e25538c5a60485a1047507b49d3e0ecf /kernel/usermode_driver.c
parent84c7f6c33f42a12eb036ebf0f0e3670799304120 (diff)
parent002322402dafd846c424ffa9240a937f49b48c42 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/usermode_driver.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/usermode_driver.c21
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/usermode_driver.c b/kernel/usermode_driver.c
index 0b35212ffc3d..bb7bb3b478ab 100644
--- a/kernel/usermode_driver.c
+++ b/kernel/usermode_driver.c
@@ -139,13 +139,22 @@ static void umd_cleanup(struct subprocess_info *info)
struct umd_info *umd_info = info->data;
/* cleanup if umh_setup() was successful but exec failed */
- if (info->retval) {
- fput(umd_info->pipe_to_umh);
- fput(umd_info->pipe_from_umh);
- put_pid(umd_info->tgid);
- umd_info->tgid = NULL;
- }
+ if (info->retval)
+ umd_cleanup_helper(umd_info);
+}
+
+/**
+ * umd_cleanup_helper - release the resources which were allocated in umd_setup
+ * @info: information about usermode driver
+ */
+void umd_cleanup_helper(struct umd_info *info)
+{
+ fput(info->pipe_to_umh);
+ fput(info->pipe_from_umh);
+ put_pid(info->tgid);
+ info->tgid = NULL;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(umd_cleanup_helper);
/**
* fork_usermode_driver - fork a usermode driver