call_usermodehelper — prepare and start a usermode application
int call_usermodehelper ( | char * path, |
| char ** argv, | |
| char ** envp, | |
int wait); |
pathpath to usermode executable
argvarg vector for process
envpenvironment for process
waitwait for the application to finish and return status. when UMH_NO_WAIT don't wait at all, but you get no useful error back when the program couldn't be exec'ed. This makes it safe to call from interrupt context.