On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:21:03PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -284,11 +284,25 @@ static void module_assert_mutex(void)
>  static void module_assert_mutex_or_preempt(void)
>  {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
> +     static int once;
> +
>       if (unlikely(!debug_locks))
>               return;
>  
> -     WARN_ON(!rcu_read_lock_sched_held() &&
> -             !lockdep_is_held(&module_mutex));
> +     /*
> +      * Would be nice to use WARN_ON_ONCE(), but the warning
> +      * that causes a stack trace may call __module_address()
> +      * which may call here, and we trigger the warning again,
> +      * before the WARN_ON_ONCE() updates its flag.
> +      * To prevent the recursion, we need to open code the
> +      * once logic.
> +      */
> +     if (!once &&
> +         unlikely(!rcu_read_lock_sched_held() &&
> +                  !lockdep_is_held(&module_mutex))) {
> +             once++;

                once = 1;

is more 'once' :-) Otherwise its once every 4-odd billion.

> +             WARN_ON(1);
> +     }
>  #endif
>  }
>  
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