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Module: check to see if we have a built in module with the same name
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:38:40 +0000 (15:38 -0800)
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:13:27 +0000 (17:13 +1100)
When trying to load a module with the same name as a built-in one, a
scary kobject backtrace comes up.  Prevent that from checking for this
condition and warning the user as to what exactly is going on.

Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
kernel/module.c

index af3f81a947452609acbb25d71245900fca1d26d6..f6a4e721fd4907339dfbbca63d5081244697973f 100644 (file)
@@ -1230,6 +1230,7 @@ void module_remove_modinfo_attrs(struct module *mod)
 int mod_sysfs_init(struct module *mod)
 {
        int err;
+       struct kobject *kobj;
 
        if (!module_sysfs_initialized) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: module sysfs not initialized\n",
@@ -1237,6 +1238,15 @@ int mod_sysfs_init(struct module *mod)
                err = -EINVAL;
                goto out;
        }
+
+       kobj = kset_find_obj(module_kset, mod->name);
+       if (kobj) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: module is already loaded\n", mod->name);
+               kobject_put(kobj);
+               err = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
        mod->mkobj.mod = mod;
 
        memset(&mod->mkobj.kobj, 0, sizeof(mod->mkobj.kobj));