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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index d293c213c22c..28450047852a 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -2226,11 +2226,6 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, goto free_mod; } - if (find_module(mod->name)) { - err = -EEXIST; - goto free_mod; - } - mod->state = MODULE_STATE_COMING; /* Allow arches to frob section contents and sizes. */ @@ -2509,6 +2504,12 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, * The mutex protects against concurrent writers. */ mutex_lock(&module_mutex); + if (find_module(mod->name)) { + err = -EEXIST; + /* This will also unlock the mutex */ + goto already_exists; + } + list_add_rcu(&mod->list, &modules); mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); @@ -2535,6 +2536,7 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, mutex_lock(&module_mutex); /* Unlink carefully: kallsyms could be walking list. */ list_del_rcu(&mod->list); + already_exists: mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); synchronize_sched(); module_arch_cleanup(mod); |