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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kmod.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kmod.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index 1c317e38683..56dd34976d7 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ #include <linux/suspend.h> #include <linux/rwsem.h> #include <linux/ptrace.h> +#include <linux/async.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <trace/events/module.h> @@ -130,6 +131,14 @@ int __request_module(bool wait, const char *fmt, ...) #define MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT 50 /* Completely arbitrary value - KAO */ static int kmod_loop_msg; + /* + * We don't allow synchronous module loading from async. Module + * init may invoke async_synchronize_full() which will end up + * waiting for this task which already is waiting for the module + * loading to complete, leading to a deadlock. + */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(wait && current_is_async()); + va_start(args, fmt); ret = vsnprintf(module_name, MODULE_NAME_LEN, fmt, args); va_end(args); @@ -219,9 +228,9 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data) commit_creds(new); - retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path, - (const char *const *)sub_info->argv, - (const char *const *)sub_info->envp); + retval = do_execve(sub_info->path, + (const char __user *const __user *)sub_info->argv, + (const char __user *const __user *)sub_info->envp); if (!retval) return 0; |