__usermodehe...isable_depth(9)

✨ NAME ✨

Okay so bestie, this page is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and the main character is __usermodehelper_set_disable_depth — it's the little function that modifies usermodehelper_disabled. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void __usermodehelper_set_disable_depth (enum umh_disable_depth depth );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• depth — the new value you're assigning to usermodehelper_disabled, periodt. ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what it does is change the value of usermodehelper_disabled — and yes, it's doing that under umhelper_sem locked for writing, no cap — and then it wakes up tasks that are waiting for it to change. Lowkey iconic. 😌🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./kernel/umh.c — plus these besties right here:

• __usermodehelper_disable(9)
• call_usermodehelper_setup(9)
• call_usermodehelper_exec(9)
• call_usermodehelper(9)

And that's the vibe check 🫶 this page comes from ./kernel, dated October 2026, and it's the __usermodehe...isable_depth(9) page. Mwah 💋✨