From: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]> ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. -------------------
commit 37252db6aa576c34fd794a5a54fb32d7a8b3a07a upstream. Due to post-increment in condition of kmod_loop_msg in __request_module(), the system log can be spammed by much more than 5 instances of the 'runaway loop' message if the number of events triggering it makes the kmod_loop_msg to overflow. Fix that by making sure we never increment it past the threshold. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]> --- kernel/kmod.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index bf0e231..f50a996 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -106,10 +106,12 @@ int __request_module(bool wait, const char *fmt, ...) atomic_inc(&kmod_concurrent); if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent) > max_modprobes) { /* We may be blaming an innocent here, but unlikely */ - if (kmod_loop_msg++ < 5) + if (kmod_loop_msg < 5) { printk(KERN_ERR "request_module: runaway loop modprobe %s\n", module_name); + kmod_loop_msg++; + } atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent); return -ENOMEM; } -- 1.7.12.rc2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
