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kmod: prevent kmod_loop_msg overflow in __request_module()
authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:40:39 +0000 (13:10 +1030)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:47:23 +0000 (13:47 -0800)
commit37ab17c0fed4d31b2ff60f50eb834488f1ce1850
treec3cd4fa7ca3ab2be5910857fc73888014905a0bf
parentda3dd7ab0e1ac9053a88deb3e8fe38c698a27eb3
kmod: prevent kmod_loop_msg overflow in __request_module()

commit 37252db6aa576c34fd794a5a54fb32d7a8b3a07a upstream.

Due to post-increment in condition of kmod_loop_msg in __request_module(),
the system log can be spammed by much more than 5 instances of the 'runaway
loop' message if the number of events triggering it makes the kmod_loop_msg
to overflow.

Fix that by making sure we never increment it past the threshold.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
kernel/kmod.c