2.1.21-patch_module.c-1, insmod "QM_SYMBOL: bad address"

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Fri, 17 Jan 1997 12:18:45 +1100


After loading a module with more than 128 exported symbols (say
sound.o), all other insmods fail with "QM_SYMBOL: bad address".
qm_symbols gives a premature -EFAULT if the buffer is too small,
instead of telling the caller how big the buffer should be.

--- linux/kernel/module.c.orig Wed Jan 15 16:20:35 1997
+++ linux/kernel/module.c Fri Jan 17 11:41:27 1997
@@ -528,9 +528,6 @@

space = mod->nsyms * 2*sizeof(void *);

- if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, space))
- return -EFAULT;
-
i = len = 0;
s = mod->syms;