linux-kernel - [RFC 05/10] kmod: return -EBUSY if modprobe limit is reached

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Message-Id: <20161208194836.2582-1-mcgrof@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu,  8 Dec 2016 11:48:36 -0800
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
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Subject: [RFC 05/10] kmod: return -EBUSY if modprobe limit is reached

Running out of our modprobe limit is not a memory limit but
a system specific established limitation set to avoid a possible
recursive issue with modprobe. This gives userspace a better idea
of what happened if we can't load a module, it could use this to
wait and try again.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/kmod.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 049d7eabda38..ab38539f7e91 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int kmod_umh_threads_get(void)
 	if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent) < max_modprobes)
 		return 0;
 	atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return -EBUSY;
 }
 
 static void kmod_umh_threads_put(void)
-- 
2.10.1