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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/firmware_class.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 06ed6b4e7df..d5585da14c8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -534,6 +534,8 @@ static int _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
return 0;
}
+ read_lock_usermodehelper();
+
if (WARN_ON(usermodehelper_is_disabled())) {
dev_err(device, "firmware: %s will not be loaded\n", name);
retval = -EBUSY;
@@ -572,6 +574,8 @@ static int _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
fw_destroy_instance(fw_priv);
out:
+ read_unlock_usermodehelper();
+
if (retval) {
release_firmware(firmware);
*firmware_p = NULL;