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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-18 08:27:54 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-18 08:27:54 -0700
commitb8ae30ee26d379db436b0b8c8c3ff1b52f69e5d1 (patch)
tree506aa0b4bdbf90f61e7e9261c7db90aa1452dcce /kernel/module.c
parent4d7b4ac22fbec1a03206c6cde353f2fd6942f828 (diff)
parent9c6f7e43b4e02c161b53e97ba913855246876c61 (diff)
downloadlinux-b8ae30ee26d379db436b0b8c8c3ff1b52f69e5d1.tar.gz
Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (49 commits)
  stop_machine: Move local variable closer to the usage site in cpu_stop_cpu_callback()
  sched, wait: Use wrapper functions
  sched: Remove a stale comment
  ondemand: Make the iowait-is-busy time a sysfs tunable
  ondemand: Solve a big performance issue by counting IOWAIT time as busy
  sched: Intoduce get_cpu_iowait_time_us()
  sched: Eliminate the ts->idle_lastupdate field
  sched: Fold updating of the last_update_time_info into update_ts_time_stats()
  sched: Update the idle statistics in get_cpu_idle_time_us()
  sched: Introduce a function to update the idle statistics
  sched: Add a comment to get_cpu_idle_time_us()
  cpu_stop: add dummy implementation for UP
  sched: Remove rq argument to the tracepoints
  rcu: need barrier() in UP synchronize_sched_expedited()
  sched: correctly place paranioa memory barriers in synchronize_sched_expedited()
  sched: kill paranoia check in synchronize_sched_expedited()
  sched: replace migration_thread with cpu_stop
  stop_machine: reimplement using cpu_stop
  cpu_stop: implement stop_cpu[s]()
  sched: Fix select_idle_sibling() logic in select_task_rq_fair()
  ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c14
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b8a1e313448c..e2564580f3f1 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -724,16 +724,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(delete_module, const char __user *, name_user,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	name[MODULE_NAME_LEN-1] = '\0';
 
-	/* Create stop_machine threads since free_module relies on
-	 * a non-failing stop_machine call. */
-	ret = stop_machine_create();
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&module_mutex) != 0) {
-		ret = -EINTR;
-		goto out_stop;
-	}
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&module_mutex) != 0)
+		return -EINTR;
 
 	mod = find_module(name);
 	if (!mod) {
@@ -793,8 +785,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(delete_module, const char __user *, name_user,
 
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
-out_stop:
-	stop_machine_destroy();
 	return ret;
 }