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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kmod.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kmod.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index 6d016c5d97c8..2f37acde640b 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ static atomic_t kmod_concurrent_max = ATOMIC_INIT(MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT); static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(kmod_wq); /* + * This is a restriction on having *all* MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT threads + * running at the same time without returning. When this happens we + * believe you've somehow ended up with a recursive module dependency + * creating a loop. + * + * We have no option but to fail. + * + * Userspace should proactively try to detect and prevent these. + */ +#define MAX_KMOD_ALL_BUSY_TIMEOUT 5 + +/* modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys. */ char modprobe_path[KMOD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/modprobe"; @@ -167,8 +179,17 @@ int __request_module(bool wait, const char *fmt, ...) pr_warn_ratelimited("request_module: kmod_concurrent_max (%u) close to 0 (max_modprobes: %u), for module %s, throttling...", atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent_max), MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT, module_name); - wait_event_interruptible(kmod_wq, - atomic_dec_if_positive(&kmod_concurrent_max) >= 0); + ret = wait_event_killable_timeout(kmod_wq, + atomic_dec_if_positive(&kmod_concurrent_max) >= 0, + MAX_KMOD_ALL_BUSY_TIMEOUT * HZ); + if (!ret) { + pr_warn_ratelimited("request_module: modprobe %s cannot be processed, kmod busy with %d threads for more than %d seconds now", + module_name, MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT, MAX_KMOD_ALL_BUSY_TIMEOUT); + return -ETIME; + } else if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS) { + pr_warn_ratelimited("request_module: sigkill sent for modprobe %s, giving up", module_name); + return ret; + } } trace_module_request(module_name, wait, _RET_IP_); |