1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 38131028d16f..97a777ad4f59 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
         kset = top_kobj->kset;
         uevent_ops = kset->uevent_ops;
 
+        /* skip the event, if uevent_suppress is set*/
+        if (kobj->uevent_suppress) {
+                pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: uevent_suppress "
+                                 "caused the event to drop!\n",
+                                 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
+                return 0;
+        }
         /* skip the event, if the filter returns zero. */
         if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->filter)
                 if (!uevent_ops->filter(kset, kobj)) {
@@ -251,7 +258,7 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
                         goto exit;
 
                 retval = call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv,
-                                             env->envp, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
+                                             env->envp, UMH_NO_WAIT);
         }
 
 exit: