[PATCH] mdopen: add sbin path to env PATH when call system("modprobe md_mod")

[Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>]

During the boot process if mdadm is called in udev context, sbin paths
like /sbin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/sbin normally not defined in PATH env
variable, calling system("modprobe md_mod") in create_named_array() may
fail with 'sh: modprobe: command not found' error message.

We don't want to move modprobe binary into udev private directory, so
setting the PATH env is a more proper method to avoid the above issue.

This patch sets PATH env variable with "/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin"
before calling system("modprobe md_mod"). The change only takes effect
within the udev worker context, not seen by global udev environment.

Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
---
 mdopen.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mdopen.c b/mdopen.c
index 26f0c716..30cf781b 100644
--- a/mdopen.c
+++ b/mdopen.c
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ int create_named_array(char *devnm)
 
 	fd = open(new_array_file, O_WRONLY);
 	if (fd < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
+		char buf[PATH_MAX];
+
+		/*
+		 * When called by udev worker context, path of modprobe
+		 * might not be in env PATH. Set sbin paths into PATH
+		 * env to avoid potential failure when run modprobe here.
+		 */
+		memset(buf, 0, PATH_MAX);
+		snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX - 1, "%s:%s", getenv("PATH"),
+			 "/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin");
+		setenv("PATH", buf, 1);
+
 		if (system("modprobe md_mod") == 0)
 			fd = open(new_array_file, O_WRONLY);
 	}
-- 
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