arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 5322 bytes
- Lines
- 237
- Domain
- Architecture Layer
- Bucket
- arch/um
- Inferred role
- Architecture Layer: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- Allocates kernel memory; connect allocation flags and lifetime to context constraints.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
stdlib.hstring.hunistd.herrno.hsched.hpthread.hlinux/limits.hsys/socket.hsys/wait.hkern_util.hos.hum_malloc.h
Detected Declarations
struct helper_datastruct os_helper_threadfunction helper_childfunction run_helperfunction run_helper_threadfunction helper_waitfunction os_run_helper_threadfunction os_kill_helper_threadfunction os_fix_helper_thread_signals
Annotated Snippet
struct helper_data {
void (*pre_exec)(void*);
void *pre_data;
char **argv;
int fd;
char *buf;
};
static int helper_child(void *arg)
{
struct helper_data *data = arg;
char **argv = data->argv;
int err, ret;
if (data->pre_exec != NULL)
(*data->pre_exec)(data->pre_data);
err = execvp_noalloc(data->buf, argv[0], argv);
/* If the exec succeeds, we don't get here */
CATCH_EINTR(ret = write(data->fd, &err, sizeof(err)));
return 0;
}
/* Returns either the pid of the child process we run or -E* on failure. */
int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv)
{
struct helper_data data;
unsigned long stack, sp;
int pid, fds[2], ret, n;
stack = alloc_stack(0, __uml_cant_sleep());
if (stack == 0)
return -ENOMEM;
ret = socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fds);
if (ret < 0) {
ret = -errno;
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "run_helper : pipe failed, errno = %d\n",
errno);
goto out_free;
}
ret = os_set_exec_close(fds[1]);
if (ret < 0) {
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "run_helper : setting FD_CLOEXEC failed, "
"ret = %d\n", -ret);
goto out_close;
}
sp = stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE;
data.pre_exec = pre_exec;
data.pre_data = pre_data;
data.argv = argv;
data.fd = fds[1];
data.buf = __uml_cant_sleep() ? uml_kmalloc(PATH_MAX, UM_GFP_ATOMIC) :
uml_kmalloc(PATH_MAX, UM_GFP_KERNEL);
pid = clone(helper_child, (void *) sp, CLONE_VM, &data);
if (pid < 0) {
ret = -errno;
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "run_helper : clone failed, errno = %d\n",
errno);
goto out_free2;
}
close(fds[1]);
fds[1] = -1;
/*
* Read the errno value from the child, if the exec failed, or get 0 if
* the exec succeeded because the pipe fd was set as close-on-exec.
*/
n = read(fds[0], &ret, sizeof(ret));
if (n == 0) {
ret = pid;
} else {
if (n < 0) {
n = -errno;
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "run_helper : read on pipe failed, "
"ret = %d\n", -n);
ret = n;
}
CATCH_EINTR(waitpid(pid, NULL, __WALL));
}
if (ret < 0)
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "run_helper : failed to exec %s on host: %s\n",
argv[0], strerror(-ret));
out_free2:
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `stdlib.h`, `string.h`, `unistd.h`, `errno.h`, `sched.h`, `pthread.h`, `linux/limits.h`, `sys/socket.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct helper_data`, `struct os_helper_thread`, `function helper_child`, `function run_helper`, `function run_helper_thread`, `function helper_wait`, `function os_run_helper_thread`, `function os_kill_helper_thread`, `function os_fix_helper_thread_signals`.
- Atlas domain: Architecture Layer / arch/um.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.