__usermodehelper_disable(9)

💅 __usermodehelper_disable(9) — NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 👑 this one is __usermodehelper_disable, and its whole mood is: Prevent new helpers from being started. no cap 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int __usermodehelper_disable (enum umh_disable_depth depth );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• depth — the new value you're assigning to usermodehelper_disabled, literally. That's the assignment. Slay.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what it does: it sets usermodehelper_disabled to depth, then waits for the running helpers to exit. Yes bestie, it's giving "close the door and let everyone currently inside finish up" energy 💅 no new helpers get started while this is happening.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./kernel/umh.c
• __usermodehelper_set_disable_depth(9)
• call_usermodehelper_setup(9)
• call_usermodehelper_exec(9)
• call_usermodehelper(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie 🍓 — source/version: ./kernel; date: October 2026; page: __usermodehelper_disable(9). mwah 💖