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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 42a1d2a..1150d52 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -1169,11 +1169,17 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_version(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs, { const unsigned long *crc; - /* Since this should be found in kernel (which can't be removed), - * no locking is necessary. */ + /* + * Since this should be found in kernel (which can't be removed), no + * locking is necessary -- use preempt_disable() to placate lockdep. + */ + preempt_disable(); if (!find_symbol(VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(module_layout), NULL, - &crc, true, false)) + &crc, true, false)) { + preempt_enable(); BUG(); + } + preempt_enable(); return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(module_layout), mod, crc, NULL); |