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-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c8
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl_check.c14
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 3202c9950073..91fe6958b6e1 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ int unregister_module_notifier(struct notifier_block * nb)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_module_notifier);
-/* We require a truly strong try_module_get() */
+/* We require a truly strong try_module_get(): 0 means failure due to
+ ongoing or failed initialization etc. */
static inline int strong_try_module_get(struct module *mod)
{
if (mod && mod->state == MODULE_STATE_COMING)
@@ -952,7 +953,8 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
ret = __find_symbol(name, &owner, &crc,
!(mod->taints & TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE));
if (ret) {
- /* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
+ /* use_module can fail due to OOM,
+ or module initialization or unloading */
if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
!use_module(mod, owner))
ret = 0;
@@ -1369,7 +1371,7 @@ dup:
return ret;
}
-/* Change all symbols so that sh_value encodes the pointer directly. */
+/* Change all symbols so that st_value encodes the pointer directly. */
static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
unsigned int symindex,
const char *strtab,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_check.c b/kernel/sysctl_check.c
index 4abc6d2306f4..8f5baac1eb08 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_check.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_check.c
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ static struct trans_ctl_table trans_vm_table[] = {
{ VM_PANIC_ON_OOM, "panic_on_oom" },
{ VM_VDSO_ENABLED, "vdso_enabled" },
{ VM_MIN_SLAB, "min_slab_ratio" },
- { VM_CMM_PAGES, "cmm_pages" },
- { VM_CMM_TIMED_PAGES, "cmm_timed_pages" },
- { VM_CMM_TIMEOUT, "cmm_timeout" },
{}
};
@@ -1219,16 +1216,6 @@ static struct trans_ctl_table trans_arlan_table[] = {
{}
};
-static struct trans_ctl_table trans_appldata_table[] = {
- { CTL_APPLDATA_TIMER, "timer" },
- { CTL_APPLDATA_INTERVAL, "interval" },
- { CTL_APPLDATA_OS, "os" },
- { CTL_APPLDATA_NET_SUM, "net_sum" },
- { CTL_APPLDATA_MEM, "mem" },
- {}
-
-};
-
static struct trans_ctl_table trans_s390dbf_table[] = {
{ 5678 /* CTL_S390DBF_STOPPABLE */, "debug_stoppable" },
{ 5679 /* CTL_S390DBF_ACTIVE */, "debug_active" },
@@ -1273,7 +1260,6 @@ static struct trans_ctl_table trans_root_table[] = {
{ CTL_ABI, "abi" },
/* CTL_CPU not used */
{ CTL_ARLAN, "arlan", trans_arlan_table },
- { CTL_APPLDATA, "appldata", trans_appldata_table },
{ CTL_S390DBF, "s390dbf", trans_s390dbf_table },
{ CTL_SUNRPC, "sunrpc", trans_sunrpc_table },
{ CTL_PM, "pm", trans_pm_table },