[PATCH 0/1] kernel/module.c: don't allow modprobe to hang forever on a module load

[Konstantin Khorenko]

After commit 6e6de3dee51a ("kernel/module.c: Only return -EEXIST
for modules that have finished loading")
the simple test leads to hanged modprobe process (INTERRUPTIBLE):

1. Make sure nft_ct module is not used by your firewall rules.
2. Run 3 copies of
   # export i=0; while true; if [[ $(($i % 100)) -eq 0 ]] ; then \
     echo "i=$i"; fi; do modprobe nft_ct; i=$(($i + 1)); done

3. Run 2 copies of
   # while true; do rmmod nft_ct; done

Hanged "modprobe" process will appear in ~ 10 seconds.

   # cat /proc/30184/stack
   [<0>] load_module+0x53f/0x2060
   [<0>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xd2/0x100
   [<0>] do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1c0
   [<0>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9

Konstantin Khorenko (1):
  kernel/module.c: wakeup processes in module_wq on module unload

 kernel/module.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

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