linux-kernel - [PATCH] module: remove redundant module_sysfs

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:10:39 +0200
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] module: remove redundant module_sysfs_initialized variable

The variable module_sysfs_initialized is used for checking whether
module_kset has been initialized. Checking module_kset itself works
just fine for that.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
---
 include/linux/module.h | 1 -
 kernel/module/sysfs.c  | 2 +-
 kernel/params.c        | 2 --
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 518296ea7f73..727176de2890 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -827,7 +827,6 @@ void *dereference_module_function_descriptor(struct module *mod, void *ptr)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 extern struct kset *module_kset;
 extern struct kobj_type module_ktype;
-extern int module_sysfs_initialized;
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
 #define symbol_request(x) try_then_request_module(symbol_get(x), "symbol:" #x)
diff --git a/kernel/module/sysfs.c b/kernel/module/sysfs.c
index ce68f821dcd1..c921bf044050 100644
--- a/kernel/module/sysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/module/sysfs.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int mod_sysfs_init(struct module *mod)
 	int err;
 	struct kobject *kobj;
 
-	if (!module_sysfs_initialized) {
+	if (!module_kset) {
 		pr_err("%s: module sysfs not initialized\n", mod->name);
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 5b92310425c5..8d4e9a3f0df2 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -940,7 +940,6 @@ static const struct kset_uevent_ops module_uevent_ops = {
 };
 
 struct kset *module_kset;
-int module_sysfs_initialized;
 
 static void module_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
@@ -964,7 +963,6 @@ static int __init param_sysfs_init(void)
 			__FILE__, __LINE__);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	module_sysfs_initialized = 1;
 
 	version_sysfs_builtin();
 	param_sysfs_builtin();
-- 
2.37.2