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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-03-28 11:05:03 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-03-28 11:05:03 -0700
commit0fa7271a8a4e957c82b32ee4c81ff22709567d1b (patch)
treeb701fb18211e9cc14437917008626b68b5cbacee /kernel/module.c
parent713d25dba93ec3e739e209cd13bf7e1e9b00171a (diff)
parent35a9393c95b31870a74f51a3e7455f33f5657b6f (diff)
Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull locking fix from Ingo Molnar: "A module unload lockdep race fix" * 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: lockdep: Fix the module unload key range freeing logic
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b3d634ed06c9..99fdf94efce8 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
kfree(mod->args);
percpu_modfree(mod);
- /* Free lock-classes: */
+ /* Free lock-classes; relies on the preceding sync_rcu(). */
lockdep_free_key_range(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
/* Finally, free the core (containing the module structure) */
@@ -3349,9 +3349,6 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
module_bug_cleanup(mod);
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
- /* Free lock-classes: */
- lockdep_free_key_range(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
-
/* we can't deallocate the module until we clear memory protection */
unset_module_init_ro_nx(mod);
unset_module_core_ro_nx(mod);
@@ -3375,6 +3372,9 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
synchronize_rcu();
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
free_module:
+ /* Free lock-classes; relies on the preceding sync_rcu() */
+ lockdep_free_key_range(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
+
module_deallocate(mod, info);
free_copy:
free_copy(info);