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-rw-r--r--kernel/module/main.c26
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 48568a0f5651..4ac3fe43e6c8 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -2393,7 +2393,8 @@ static bool finished_loading(const char *name)
sched_annotate_sleep();
mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
mod = find_module_all(name, strlen(name), true);
- ret = !mod || mod->state == MODULE_STATE_LIVE;
+ ret = !mod || mod->state == MODULE_STATE_LIVE
+ || mod->state == MODULE_STATE_GOING;
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
return ret;
@@ -2569,20 +2570,35 @@ static int add_unformed_module(struct module *mod)
mod->state = MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED;
-again:
mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
old = find_module_all(mod->name, strlen(mod->name), true);
if (old != NULL) {
- if (old->state != MODULE_STATE_LIVE) {
+ if (old->state == MODULE_STATE_COMING
+ || old->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED) {
/* Wait in case it fails to load. */
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
err = wait_event_interruptible(module_wq,
finished_loading(mod->name));
if (err)
goto out_unlocked;
- goto again;
+
+ /* The module might have gone in the meantime. */
+ mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
+ old = find_module_all(mod->name, strlen(mod->name),
+ true);
}
- err = -EEXIST;
+
+ /*
+ * We are here only when the same module was being loaded. Do
+ * not try to load it again right now. It prevents long delays
+ * caused by serialized module load failures. It might happen
+ * when more devices of the same type trigger load of
+ * a particular module.
+ */
+ if (old && old->state == MODULE_STATE_LIVE)
+ err = -EEXIST;
+ else
+ err = -EBUSY;
goto out;
}
mod_update_bounds(mod);