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| author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2015-01-22 01:43:14 +0100 |
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| committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2015-01-22 01:45:54 +0100 |
| commit | d5db139ab3764640e0882a1746e7b9fdee33fd87 (patch) | |
| tree | 62f806a29a43c749c84354fbef3bdaa21dc3ce6f | |
| parent | module: fix race in kallsyms resolution during module load success. (diff) | |
| download | linux-d5db139ab3764640e0882a1746e7b9fdee33fd87.tar.xz linux-d5db139ab3764640e0882a1746e7b9fdee33fd87.zip | |
module: make module_refcount() a signed integer.
James Bottomley points out that it will be -1 during unload. It's
only used for diagnostics, so let's not hide that as it could be a
clue as to what's gone wrong.
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Acked-and-documention-added-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <maasami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/module.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 17 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index ebfb0e153c6a..b653d7c0a05a 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ extern void __module_put_and_exit(struct module *mod, long code) #define module_put_and_exit(code) __module_put_and_exit(THIS_MODULE, code) #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD -unsigned long module_refcount(struct module *mod); +int module_refcount(struct module *mod); void __symbol_put(const char *symbol); #define symbol_put(x) __symbol_put(VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x)) void symbol_put_addr(void *addr); diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c index 379650b984f8..2934889f2cce 100644 --- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c +++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c @@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ static int kdb_lsmod(int argc, const char **argv) kdb_printf("%-20s%8u 0x%p ", mod->name, mod->core_size, (void *)mod); #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD - kdb_printf("%4ld ", module_refcount(mod)); + kdb_printf("%4d ", module_refcount(mod)); #endif if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_GOING) kdb_printf(" (Unloading)"); diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index ed4ec9c30bd2..d856e96a3cce 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -772,9 +772,18 @@ static int try_stop_module(struct module *mod, int flags, int *forced) return 0; } -unsigned long module_refcount(struct module *mod) +/** + * module_refcount - return the refcount or -1 if unloading + * + * @mod: the module we're checking + * + * Returns: + * -1 if the module is in the process of unloading + * otherwise the number of references in the kernel to the module + */ +int module_refcount(struct module *mod) { - return (unsigned long)atomic_read(&mod->refcnt) - MODULE_REF_BASE; + return atomic_read(&mod->refcnt) - MODULE_REF_BASE; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_refcount); @@ -856,7 +865,7 @@ static inline void print_unload_info(struct seq_file *m, struct module *mod) struct module_use *use; int printed_something = 0; - seq_printf(m, " %lu ", module_refcount(mod)); + seq_printf(m, " %i ", module_refcount(mod)); /* * Always include a trailing , so userspace can differentiate @@ -908,7 +917,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(symbol_put_addr); static ssize_t show_refcnt(struct module_attribute *mattr, struct module_kobject *mk, char *buffer) { - return sprintf(buffer, "%lu\n", module_refcount(mk->mod)); + return sprintf(buffer, "%i\n", module_refcount(mk->mod)); } static struct module_attribute modinfo_refcnt = |