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Module: check to see if we have a built in module with the same name

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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>
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Greg Kroah-Hartman 2008-01-27 15:38:40 -08:00 committed by Rusty Russell
parent 0aa5bd52d0
commit 6494a93d55
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@ -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));