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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2016-01-11 17:47:25 -0800
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2016-01-11 17:47:25 -0800
commit009f773836513960d3982e80c86e266d25528563 (patch)
tree7315e5666698997dee34a80c1a1db801d3f8879b /kernel/module.c
parentInput: i8042 - add Fujitsu Lifebook U745 to the nomux list (diff)
parentInput: elantech - mark protocols v2 and v3 as semi-mt (diff)
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Merge branch 'next' into for-linus
Prepare first round of input updates for 4.5 merge window.
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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);