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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 250092c1d57d..b10b048367e1 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -3013,6 +3013,12 @@ static int do_init_module(struct module *mod) { int ret = 0; + /* + * We want to find out whether @mod uses async during init. Clear + * PF_USED_ASYNC. async_schedule*() will set it. + */ + current->flags &= ~PF_USED_ASYNC; + blocking_notifier_call_chain(&module_notify_list, MODULE_STATE_COMING, mod); @@ -3058,8 +3064,25 @@ static int do_init_module(struct module *mod) blocking_notifier_call_chain(&module_notify_list, MODULE_STATE_LIVE, mod); - /* We need to finish all async code before the module init sequence is done */ - async_synchronize_full(); + /* + * We need to finish all async code before the module init sequence + * is done. This has potential to deadlock. For example, a newly + * detected block device can trigger request_module() of the + * default iosched from async probing task. Once userland helper + * reaches here, async_synchronize_full() will wait on the async + * task waiting on request_module() and deadlock. + * + * This deadlock is avoided by perfomring async_synchronize_full() + * iff module init queued any async jobs. This isn't a full + * solution as it will deadlock the same if module loading from + * async jobs nests more than once; however, due to the various + * constraints, this hack seems to be the best option for now. + * Please refer to the following thread for details. + * + * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1420814 + */ + if (current->flags & PF_USED_ASYNC) + async_synchronize_full(); mutex_lock(&module_mutex); /* Drop initial reference. */ |