The patch titled
     module: fix __find_symbl() error checks
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     modules-handle-symbols-that-have-a-zero-value-fix.patch

This patch was dropped because it was folded into 
modules-handle-symbols-that-have-a-zero-value.patch

The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/

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Subject: module: fix __find_symbl() error checks
From: Akinobu Mita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

The patch:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.24/2.6.24-mm1/broken-out/modules-handle-symbols-that-have-a-zero-value.patch

changes the return value of __find_symbol() so that it can handle symbols
that are zero and now it returns -errno for failure.

But some __find_symbl() error checks remain unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Rusty Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 kernel/module.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN kernel/module.c~modules-handle-symbols-that-have-a-zero-value-fix 
kernel/module.c
--- a/kernel/module.c~modules-handle-symbols-that-have-a-zero-value-fix
+++ a/kernel/module.c
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_
 
        ret = __find_symbol(name, &owner, &crc,
                        !(mod->taints & TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE));
-       if (ret) {
+       if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(ret)) {
                /* use_module can fail due to OOM,
                   or module initialization or unloading */
                if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
@@ -1382,7 +1382,9 @@ void *__symbol_get(const char *symbol)
 
        preempt_disable();
        value = __find_symbol(symbol, &owner, &crc, 1);
-       if (value && strong_try_module_get(owner) != 0)
+       if (IS_ERR_VALUE(value))
+               value = 0;
+       else if (strong_try_module_get(owner))
                value = 0;
        preempt_enable();
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are

origin.patch
modules-handle-symbols-that-have-a-zero-value.patch
modules-handle-symbols-that-have-a-zero-value-fix.patch

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