linux/kernel
Ed Swierk 1cc5f7142e [PATCH] load_module: no BUG if module_subsys uninitialized
Invoking load_module() before param_sysfs_init() is called crashes in
mod_sysfs_setup(), since the kset in module_subsys is not initialized yet.

In my case, net-pf-1 is getting modprobed as a result of hotplug trying to
create a UNIX socket.  Calls to hotplug begin after the topology_init
initcall.

Another patch for the same symptom (module_subsys-initialize-earlier.patch)
moves param_sysfs_init() to the subsys initcalls, but this is still not
early enough in the boot process in some cases.  In particular,
topology_init() causes /sbin/hotplug to run, which requests net-pf-1 (the
UNIX socket protocol) which can be compiled as a module.  Moving
param_sysfs_init() to the postcore initcalls fixes this particular race,
but there might well be other cases where a usermodehelper causes a module
to load earlier still.

The patch makes load_module() return an error rather than crashing the
kernel if invoked before module_subsys is initialized.

Cc: Mark Huang <mlhuang@cs.princeton.edu>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-25 17:38:36 -07:00
..
irq [PATCH] genirq core: fix handle_level_irq() 2006-09-19 07:57:20 -07:00
power [PATCH] prevent swsusp with PAE 2006-09-06 11:00:02 -07:00
time
.gitignore
acct.c [PATCH] Fix sighand->siglock usage in kernel/acct.c 2006-07-14 21:53:54 -07:00
audit.c [PATCH] sanity check audit_buffer 2006-09-11 13:32:17 -04:00
audit.h [PATCH] audit: AUDIT_PERM support 2006-09-11 13:32:30 -04:00
auditfilter.c [PATCH] audit: AUDIT_PERM support 2006-09-11 13:32:30 -04:00
auditsc.c [PATCH] audit: AUDIT_PERM support 2006-09-11 13:32:30 -04:00
capability.c [PATCH] sched: cleanup, remove task_t, convert to struct task_struct 2006-07-03 15:27:11 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
cpu.c cpu hotplug: simplify and hopefully fix locking 2006-07-23 12:12:16 -07:00
cpuset.c [PATCH] cpuset: oom panic fix 2006-08-27 11:01:32 -07:00
delayacct.c [PATCH] task delay accounting fixes 2006-09-01 11:39:08 -07:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
exit.c [PATCH] eligible_child: remove an obsolete ->tgid check 2006-09-02 14:51:27 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c [PATCH] task delay accounting fixes 2006-09-01 11:39:08 -07:00
futex_compat.c [PATCH] futex: Apply recent futex fixes to futex_compat 2006-08-06 08:57:49 -07:00
futex.c [PATCH] Use the correct restart option for futex_lock_pi 2006-09-08 10:22:50 -07:00
hrtimer.c [PATCH] fix hrtimer percpu usage typo 2006-08-14 12:54:28 -07:00
itimer.c
kallsyms.c [PATCH] null-terminate over-long /proc/kallsyms symbols 2006-07-14 21:53:52 -07:00
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c
kfifo.c
kmod.c [PATCH] bug fix in kernel/kmod.c 2006-09-16 12:54:32 -07:00
kprobes.c [PATCH] IA64: kprobe invalidate icache of jump buffer 2006-07-31 13:28:38 -07:00
ksysfs.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
kthread.c [PATCH] remove kernel/kthread.c:kthread_stop_sem() 2006-07-14 21:53:52 -07:00
lockdep_internals.h [PATCH] lockdep: double the number of stack-trace entries 2006-09-13 07:32:14 -07:00
lockdep_proc.c [PATCH] lockdep: procfs 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
lockdep.c [PATCH] lockdep: core, reduce per-lock class-cache size 2006-07-10 13:24:14 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] per-task-delay-accounting: taskstats interface 2006-07-14 21:53:56 -07:00
module.c [PATCH] load_module: no BUG if module_subsys uninitialized 2006-09-25 17:38:36 -07:00
mutex-debug.c [PATCH] lockdep: prove mutex locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
mutex-debug.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
mutex.c [PATCH] lockdep: prove mutex locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
mutex.h [PATCH] lockdep: prove mutex locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
panic.c [PATCH] lockdep: do not touch console state when tainting the kernel 2006-09-06 11:00:02 -07:00
params.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
pid.c [PATCH] sched: cleanup, remove task_t, convert to struct task_struct 2006-07-03 15:27:11 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c
posix-timers.c
printk.c [PATCH] vt: printk: Fix framebuffer console triggering might_sleep assertion 2006-08-06 08:57:47 -07:00
profile.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
ptrace.c [PATCH] sched: cleanup, remove task_t, convert to struct task_struct 2006-07-03 15:27:11 -07:00
rcupdate.c [PATCH] rcu_do_batch: make ->qlen decrement irq safe 2006-09-13 07:32:14 -07:00
rcutorture.c
relay.c
resource.c [PATCH] memory hotadd fixes: find_next_system_ram catch range fix 2006-08-06 08:57:48 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c [PATCH] sched: cleanup, remove task_t, convert to struct task_struct 2006-07-03 15:27:11 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
rtmutex-tester.c [PATCH] Add try_to_freeze() to rt-test kthreads 2006-07-14 21:53:53 -07:00
rtmutex.c [PATCH] reference rt-mutex-design in rtmutex.c 2006-07-31 13:28:43 -07:00
rtmutex.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
rwsem.c [PATCH] lockdep: prove rwsem locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
sched.c [PATCH] revert "Drop tasklist lock in do_sched_setscheduler" 2006-08-27 11:01:29 -07:00
seccomp.c
signal.c Fix force_sig_info() semantics after cleanups 2006-08-02 20:17:49 -07:00
softirq.c [PATCH] Reducing local_bh_enable/disable overhead in irqtrace 2006-07-31 13:28:42 -07:00
softlockup.c [PATCH] cpu hotplug: replace __devinit* with __cpuinit* for cpu notifications 2006-07-31 13:28:39 -07:00
spinlock.c [PATCH] lockdep ifdef fix 2006-09-06 11:00:01 -07:00
stacktrace.c [PATCH] lockdep: stacktrace subsystem, core 2006-07-03 15:27:02 -07:00
stop_machine.c [PATCH] Remove redundant up() in stop_machine() 2006-08-27 11:01:31 -07:00
sys_ni.c
sys.c [PATCH] Fix prctl privilege escalation and suid_dumpable (CVE-2006-2451) 2006-07-12 12:50:25 -07:00
sysctl.c [PATCH] ZVC/zone_reclaim: Leave 1% of unmapped pagecache pages for file I/O 2006-07-03 15:26:59 -07:00
taskstats.c [NETLINK]: Extend netlink messaging interface 2006-09-22 14:53:43 -07:00
time.c
timer.c [PATCH] sys_getppid oopses on debug kernel 2006-08-14 12:54:29 -07:00
uid16.c
unwind.c
user.c
wait.c [PATCH] uninline init_waitqueue_head() 2006-07-10 13:24:25 -07:00
workqueue.c [PATCH] workqueue: remove lock_cpu_hotplug() 2006-08-14 12:54:29 -07:00