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* modules: proper cleanup of kobject without CONFIG_SYSFSDenis V. Lunev2008-05-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kobject: '<NULL>' (ffffffffa0104050): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at /home/den/src/linux-netns26/lib/kobject.c:583 kobject_put+0x53/0x55() Modules linked in: ipv6 nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc exportfs ide_cd_mod cdrom button [last unloaded: pktgen] comm: rmmod Tainted: G W 2.6.26-rc3 #585 Call Trace: [<ffffffff802359ab>] warn_on_slowpath+0x58/0x7a [<ffffffff80236aca>] ? printk+0x67/0x69 [<ffffffff80236aca>] ? printk+0x67/0x69 [<ffffffff80324289>] kobject_put+0x53/0x55 [<ffffffff8025e2ee>] free_module+0x87/0xfa [<ffffffff8025fee5>] sys_delete_module+0x178/0x1e1 [<ffffffff804b1e70>] ? lockdep_sys_exit_thunk+0x35/0x67 [<ffffffff804b1dff>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x3a [<ffffffff8020c0bb>] system_call_after_swapgs+0x7b/0x80 ---[ end trace 8f5aafa7f6406cf8 ]--- mod->mkobj.kobj is not initialized without CONFIG_SYSFS. Do not call kobject_put in this case. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module loading ELF handling: use SELFMAG instead of numeric constantCyrill Gorcunov2008-05-22
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: don't ignore vermagic string if module doesn't have modversionsRusty Russell2008-05-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Linus found a logic bug: we ignore the version number in a module's vermagic string if we have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS set, but modversions also lets through a module with no __versions section for modprobe --force (with tainting, but still). We should only ignore the start of the vermagic string if the module actually *has* crcs to check. Rather than (say) having an entertaining hissy fit and creating a config option to work around the buggy code. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* module: be more picky about allowing missing module versionsRusty Russell2008-05-09
| | | | | | | | | We allow missing __versions sections, because modprobe --force strips it. It makes less sense to allow sections where there's no version for a specific symbol the module uses, so disallow that. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Make forced module loading optionalLinus Torvalds2008-05-04
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The kernel module loader used to be much too happy to allow loading of modules for the wrong kernel version by default. For example, if you had MODVERSIONS enabled, but tried to load a module with no version info, it would happily load it and taint the kernel - whether it was likely to actually work or not! Generally, such forced module loading should be considered a really really bad idea, so make it conditional on a new config option (MODULE_FORCE_LOAD), and make it default to off. If somebody really wants to force module loads, that's their problem, but we should not encourage it. Especially as it happened to me by mistake (ie regular unversioned Fedora modules getting loaded) causing lots of strange behavior. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* module: add MODULE_STATE_GOING notifier callPeter Oberparleiter2008-05-01
| | | | | | | | Provide module unload callback. Required by the gcov profiling infrastructure to keep track of profiling data structures. Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <peter.oberparleiter@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: Enhance verify_export_symbolsRusty Russell2008-05-01
| | | | | | | | | Make verify_export_symbols check the modules unused, unused_gpl and gpl_future syms. Inspired by Jan Beulich's fix, but table-driven. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: set unused_gpl_crcs instead of overwriting unused_crcsRusty Russell2008-05-01
| | | | | | | | Obvious typo, but I don't know of any modules with unused GPL exports, and then it would take someone noticing that the version shouldn't have matched in a dependent module. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: neaten __find_symbol, rename to find_symbolRusty Russell2008-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | __find_symbol() has grown over time: there are now 5 different arrays of symbols it traverses. It also shouldn't print out a warning on some calls (ie. verify_symbol which simply checks for name clashes, and __symbol_put which checks for bugs). 1) Rename to find_symbol: no need for underscores. 2) Use bool and add "warn" parameter to suppress warnings. 3) Make table-driven rather than open coded. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: reduce module image and resident sizeRusty Russell2008-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | Resulting reduction (x86-64, gcc 4.1.2) with my (special purpose, i.e. much reduced) configurations: - 16k kernel resident size - 180k module resident size - 10k module image size Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: make module_sect_attrs private to kernel/module.cRusty Russell2008-05-01
| | | | | | | No-one else is using these afaics. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* kernel: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.hMatthew Wilcox2008-04-18
| | | | | | | None of these files use any of the functionality promised by asm/semaphore.h. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
* modules: warn about suspicious return values from module's ->init() hookAlexey Dobriyan2008-03-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Return value convention of module's init functions is 0/-E. Sometimes, e.g. during forward-porting mistakes happen and buggy module created, where result of comparison "workqueue != NULL" is propagated all the way up to sys_init_module. What happens is that some other module created workqueue in question, our module created it again and module was successfully loaded. Or it could be some other bug. Let's make such mistakes much more visible. In retrospective, such messages would noticeably shorten some of my head-scratching sessions. Note, that dump_stack() is just a way to get attention from user. Sample message: sys_init_module: 'foo'->init suspiciously returned 1, it should follow 0/-E convention sys_init_module: loading module anyway... Pid: 4223, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.24-25f666300625d894ebe04bac2b4b3aadb907c861 #5 Call Trace: [<ffffffff80254b05>] sys_init_module+0xe5/0x1d0 [<ffffffff8020b39b>] system_call_after_swapgs+0x7b/0x80 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* modules: fix module waiting for dependent modules' initRusty Russell2008-03-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commit c9a3ba55 (module: wait for dependent modules doing init.) didn't quite work because the waiter holds the module lock, meaning that the state of the module it's waiting for cannot change. Fortunately, it's fairly simple to update the state outside the lock and do the wakeup. Thanks to Jan Glauber for tracking this down and testing (qdio and qeth). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Jan Glauber <jang@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbolsPavel Roskin2008-03-04
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | A change after 2.6.24 broke ndiswrapper by accidentally removing its access to GPL-only symbols. Revert that change and add comments about the reasons why ndiswrapper and driverloader are treated in a special way. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Acked-by: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* modules: do not try to add sysfs attributes if !CONFIG_SYSFSKay Sievers2008-02-21
| | | | | | | | | Thanks to Alexey for the testing and the fix of the fix. Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Linux Kernel Markers: support multiple probesMathieu Desnoyers2008-02-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCU style multiple probes support for the Linux Kernel Markers. Common case (one probe) is still fast and does not require dynamic allocation or a supplementary pointer dereference on the fast path. - Move preempt disable from the marker site to the callback. Since we now have an internal callback, move the preempt disable/enable to the callback instead of the marker site. Since the callback change is done asynchronously (passing from a handler that supports arguments to a handler that does not setup the arguments is no arguments are passed), we can safely update it even if it is outside the preempt disable section. - Move probe arm to probe connection. Now, a connected probe is automatically armed. Remove MARK_MAX_FORMAT_LEN, unused. This patch modifies the Linux Kernel Markers API : it removes the probe "arm/disarm" and changes the probe function prototype : it now expects a va_list * instead of a "...". If we want to have more than one probe connected to a marker at a given time (LTTng, or blktrace, ssytemtap) then we need this patch. Without it, connecting a second probe handler to a marker will fail. It allow us, for instance, to do interesting combinations : Do standard tracing with LTTng and, eventually, to compute statistics with SystemTAP, or to have a special trigger on an event that would call a systemtap script which would stop flight recorder tracing. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Mike Mason <mmlnx@us.ibm.com> Cc: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> Cc: David Smith <dsmith@redhat.com> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* fix "modules: make module_address_lookup() safe"Andrew Morton2008-02-08
| | | | | | | | | | Get the constness right, avoid nasty cast. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* modules: include sections.h to avoid defining linker variables explicitlyChristoph Lameter2008-02-08
| | | | | | | | | | module.c should not define linker variables on its own. We have an include file for that. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Modules: handle symbols that have a zero valueChristoph Lameter2008-02-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The module subsystem cannot handle symbols that are zero. If symbols are present that have a zero value then the module resolver prints out a message that these symbols are unresolved. [akinobu.mita@gmail.com: fix __find_symbl() error checks] Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* x86/non-x86: percpu, node ids, apic ids x86.git fixupMike Travis2008-01-30
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* Module: check to see if we have a built in module with the same nameGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | When trying to load a module with the same name as a built-in one, a scary kobject backtrace comes up. Prevent that from checking for this condition and warning the user as to what exactly is going on. Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: add module taint on ndiswrapperJon Masters2008-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | The struct module taints member is supposed to store per-module taint data. The kernel knows about certain specific external modules that will taint the kernel, such as ndiswrapper. Use of ndiswrapper possibly should set the per-module taint in addition to the global kernel taint flag, unless we're arguing not because wrapper module itself is not what actually causes the kernel to be tainted as such? Signed-off-by: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: make module_address_lookup safeRusty Russell2008-01-29
| | | | | | | | module_address_lookup releases preemption then returns a pointer into the module space. The only user (kallsyms) copies the result, so just do that under the preempt disable. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: better OOPS and lockdep coverage for loading modulesRusty Russell2008-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | If we put the module in the linked list *before* calling into to, we get the module name and functions in the OOPS (is_module_address can find the module). It also helps lockdep in a similar way. Acked-and-tested-by: Joern Engel <joern@lazybastard.org> Tested-by: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: Fix gratuitous sprintf in module.cRusty Russell2008-01-29
| | | | | | | Andrew sent an older version of this patch: we shouldn't use sprintf to copy a string. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module: wait for dependent modules doing init.Rusty Russell2008-01-29
| | | | | | | | | There have been reports of modules failing to load because the modules they depend on are still loading. This changes the modules to wait for a reasonable length of time in that case. We time out eventually, because there can be module loops or broken modules. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* debug: track and print last unloaded module in the oops traceArjan van de Ven2008-01-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Based on a suggestion from Andi: In various cases, the unload of a module may leave some bad state around that causes a kernel crash AFTER a module is unloaded; and it's then hard to find which module caused that. This patch tracks the last unloaded module, and prints this as part of the module list in the oops trace. Right now, only the last 1 module is tracked; I expect that this is enough for the vast majority of cases where this information matters; if it turns out that tracking more is important, we can always extend it to that. [ mingo@elte.hu: build fix ] Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* debug: show being-loaded/being-unloaded indicator for modulesArjan van de Ven2008-01-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It's rather common that an oops/WARN_ON/BUG happens during the load or unload of a module. Unfortunatly, it's not always easy to see directly which module is being loaded/unloaded from the oops itself. Worse, it's not even always possible to ask the bug reporter, since there are so many components (udev etc) that auto-load modules that there's a good chance that even the reporter doesn't know which module this is. This patch extends the existing "show if it's tainting" print code, which is used as part of printing the modules in the oops/BUG/WARN_ON to include a "+" for "being loaded" and a "-" for "being unloaded". As a result this extension, the "taint_flags()" function gets renamed to "module_flags()" (and takes a module struct as argument, not a taint flags int). Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* Kobject: convert remaining kobject_unregister() to kobject_put()Greg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | There is no need for kobject_unregister() anymore, thanks to Kay's kobject cleanup changes, so replace all instances of it with kobject_put(). Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Kobject: convert kernel/module.c to use kobject_init/add_ng()Greg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | This converts the code to use the new kobject functions, cleaning up the logic in doing so. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* sysfs: fix /sys/module/*/holders after sysfs logic changeKay Sievers2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | Sysfs symlinks now require fully registered kobjects as a target, otherwise the call to create a symlink will fail. Here we register the kobject before we request the symlink in the holders directory. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Tejun Heo <teheo@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: move the driver specific module code into the driver coreGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The module driver specific code should belong in the driver core, not in the kernel/ directory. So move this code. This is done in preparation for some struct device_driver rework that should be confined to the driver core code only. This also lets us keep from exporting these functions, as no external code should ever be calling it. Thanks to Andrew Morton for the !CONFIG_MODULES fix. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kset: convert /sys/module to use kset_createGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | Dynamically create the kset instead of declaring it statically. We also rename module_subsys to module_kset to catch all users of the variable. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kobject: get rid of kobject_add_dirGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | kobject_create_and_add is the same as kobject_add_dir, so drop kobject_add_dir. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kobject: remove struct kobj_type from struct ksetGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We don't need a "default" ktype for a kset. We should set this explicitly every time for each kset. This change is needed so that we can make ksets dynamic, and cleans up one of the odd, undocumented assumption that the kset/kobject/ktype model has. This patch is based on a lot of help from Kay Sievers. Nasty bug in the block code was found by Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* modules: de-mutex more symbol lookup paths in the module codeRusty Russell2008-01-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kyle McMartin reports sysrq_timer_list_show() can hit the module mutex from hard interrupt context. These paths don't need to though, since we long ago changed all the module list manipulation to occur via stop_machine(). Disabling preemption is enough. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* module: fix and elaborate commentsMatti Linnanvuori2007-11-18
| | | | | | | Fix and elaborate comments. Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* Linux Kernel MarkersMathieu Desnoyers2007-10-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The marker activation functions sits in kernel/marker.c. A hash table is used to keep track of the registered probes and armed markers, so the markers within a newly loaded module that should be active can be activated at module load time. marker_query has been removed. marker_get_first, marker_get_next and marker_release should be used as iterators on the markers. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Acked-by: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Mike Mason <mmlnx@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* whitespace fixes: module loadingDaniel Walker2007-10-18
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* module: return error when mod_sysfs_init() failedAkinobu Mita2007-10-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | load_module() returns zero when mod_sysfs_init() fails, then the module loading will succeed accidentally. This patch makes load_module() return error correctly in that case. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Add /sys/module/name/notesRoland McGrath2007-10-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds the /sys/module/<name>/notes/ magic directory, which has a file for each allocated SHT_NOTE section that appears in <name>.ko. This is the counterpart for each module of /sys/kernel/notes for vmlinux. Reading this delivers the contents of the module's SHT_NOTE sections. This lets userland easily glean any detailed information about that module's build that was stored there at compile time (e.g. by ld --build-id). Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Remove "unsafe" from module structRusty Russell2007-10-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Adrian Bunk points out that "unsafe" was used to mark modules touched by the deprecated MOD_INC_USE_COUNT interface, which has long gone. It's time to remove the member from the module structure, as well. If you want a module which can't unload, don't register an exit function. (Vlad Yasevich says SCTP is now safe to unload, so just remove the __unsafe there). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@intel.com> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Cc: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Fix Off-by-one in /sys/module/*/refcntAlexey Dobriyan2007-08-22
| | | | | | | | | | sysfs internals were changed to not pin module in question. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0'Tejun Heo2007-07-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KSYM_NAME_LEN is peculiar in that it does not include the space for the trailing '\0', forcing all users to use KSYM_NAME_LEN + 1 when allocating buffer. This is nonsense and error-prone. Moreover, when the caller forgets that it's very likely to subtly bite back by corrupting the stack because the last position of the buffer is always cleared to zero. This patch increments KSYM_NAME_LEN by one and updates code accordingly. * off-by-one bug in asm-powerpc/kprobes.h::kprobe_lookup_name() macro is fixed. * Where MODULE_NAME_LEN and KSYM_NAME_LEN were used together, MODULE_NAME_LEN was treated as if it didn't include space for the trailing '\0'. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Acked-by: Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* modules: remove modlist_lockRusty Russell2007-07-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Now we always use stop_machine for module insertion or deletion, we no longer need the modlist_lock: merely disabling preemption is sufficient to block against list manipulation. This avoids deadlock on OOPSen where we can potentially grab the lock twice. Bug: 8695 Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Tobias Oed <tobiasoed@hotmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Make /proc/modules use seq_list_xxx helpersPavel Emelianov2007-07-16
| | | | | | | | | Here there is not need even in .show callback altering. The original code passes list_head in *v. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->ownerTejun Heo2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sysfs is now completely out of driver/module lifetime game. After deletion, a sysfs node doesn't access anything outside sysfs proper, so there's no reason to hold onto the attribute owners. Note that often the wrong modules were accounted for as owners leading to accessing removed modules. This patch kills now unnecessary attribute->owner. Note that with this change, userland holding a sysfs node does not prevent the backing module from being unloaded. For more info regarding lifetime rule cleanup, please read the following message. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293 (tweaked by Greg to not delete the field just yet, to make it easier to merge things properly.) Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Fix minor typoes in kernel/module.cRobert P. J. Day2007-05-09
| | | | | | | Fix minor (comment) typoes in kernel/module.c. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* Fix race between cat /proc/slab_allocators and rmmodAlexey Dobriyan2007-05-08
| | | | | | | | | | Same story as with cat /proc/*/wchan race vs rmmod race, only /proc/slab_allocators want more info than just symbol name. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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