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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2015-12-02 09:33:25 -0800
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2015-12-02 09:33:25 -0800
commit0eea505058740aa45486145296ef4fefbd8cab85 (patch)
tree1bc265d615b8353405a04630f610a42c48302f47 /kernel/module.c
parentInput: parkbd - drop bogus __init from parkbd_allocate_serio() (diff)
parentLinux 4.4-rc3 (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.4-rc3' into next
Merge with Linux 4.4-rc3 to bring in helpers for multiu-driver modules.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b86b7bf1be38..8f051a106676 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1063,11 +1063,15 @@ void symbol_put_addr(void *addr)
if (core_kernel_text(a))
return;
- /* module_text_address is safe here: we're supposed to have reference
- * to module from symbol_get, so it can't go away. */
+ /*
+ * Even though we hold a reference on the module; we still need to
+ * disable preemption in order to safely traverse the data structure.
+ */
+ preempt_disable();
modaddr = __module_text_address(a);
BUG_ON(!modaddr);
module_put(modaddr);
+ preempt_enable();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(symbol_put_addr);