From: Chen Pei <cp0613@linux.alibaba.com>
To: alison.schofield@intel.com, nvdimm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, guoren@kernel.org,
Chen Pei <cp0613@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: [ndctl PATCH 2/2] daxctl, util/sysfs: skip module probe-insert when driver is builtin or live
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 14:32:34 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514063234.86439-3-cp0613@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514063234.86439-1-cp0613@linux.alibaba.com>
kmod_module_probe_insert_module() is supposed to return 0 for builtin
modules, but only when libkmod can locate the modules.builtin index. If
the index is missing or out of sync, libkmod falls through to the real
init_module() syscall and returns an error such as -ENOENT, producing a
spurious "insert failure" even though the driver is already part of the
running kernel.
Pre-check kmod_module_get_initstate() and short-circuit when the module
is KMOD_MODULE_BUILTIN or KMOD_MODULE_LIVE, matching the pattern used by
ndctl's own test/core.c.
For builtin modules the local kmod reference is dropped because builtin
drivers cannot be unloaded; for live modules the reference is retained
in dev->module, matching the post-probe-success behavior.
Signed-off-by: Chen Pei <cp0613@linux.alibaba.com>
---
daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
util/sysfs.c | 17 +++++++++++------
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c b/daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c
index ffc81eb..42bfc39 100644
--- a/daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c
+++ b/daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static int daxctl_insert_kmod_for_mode(struct daxctl_dev *dev,
const char *devname = daxctl_dev_get_devname(dev);
struct daxctl_ctx *ctx = daxctl_dev_get_ctx(dev);
struct kmod_module *kmod;
- int rc;
+ int state, rc;
rc = kmod_module_new_from_name(ctx->kmod_ctx, mod_name, &kmod);
if (rc < 0) {
@@ -919,7 +919,21 @@ static int daxctl_insert_kmod_for_mode(struct daxctl_dev *dev,
return rc;
}
- /* if the driver is builtin, this Just Works */
+ /* If the driver is builtin or already live, skip probe-insert. */
+ state = kmod_module_get_initstate(kmod);
+ if (state == KMOD_MODULE_BUILTIN) {
+ dbg(ctx, "%s: module %s is builtin\n", devname,
+ kmod_module_get_name(kmod));
+ kmod_module_unref(kmod);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (state == KMOD_MODULE_LIVE) {
+ dbg(ctx, "%s: module %s already loaded\n", devname,
+ kmod_module_get_name(kmod));
+ dev->module = kmod;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
dbg(ctx, "%s inserting module: %s\n", devname,
kmod_module_get_name(kmod));
rc = kmod_module_probe_insert_module(kmod,
diff --git a/util/sysfs.c b/util/sysfs.c
index e027e38..641b86d 100644
--- a/util/sysfs.c
+++ b/util/sysfs.c
@@ -183,12 +183,17 @@ int __util_bind(const char *devname, struct kmod_module *module,
}
if (module) {
- rc = kmod_module_probe_insert_module(module,
- KMOD_PROBE_APPLY_BLACKLIST,
- NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
- if (rc < 0) {
- log_err(ctx, "%s: insert failure: %d\n", __func__, rc);
- return rc;
+ /* Skip probe-insert when the module is already builtin or live. */
+ int state = kmod_module_get_initstate(module);
+
+ if (state != KMOD_MODULE_BUILTIN && state != KMOD_MODULE_LIVE) {
+ rc = kmod_module_probe_insert_module(module,
+ KMOD_PROBE_APPLY_BLACKLIST,
+ NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ if (rc < 0) {
+ log_err(ctx, "%s: insert failure: %d\n", __func__, rc);
+ return rc;
+ }
}
}
--
2.43.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-14 6:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-14 6:32 [ndctl PATCH 0/2] daxctl, util/sysfs: fix builtin-driver false failure on enable Chen Pei
2026-05-14 6:32 ` [ndctl PATCH 1/2] daxctl: fix kmod reference leak on probe-insert failure Chen Pei
2026-05-14 6:32 ` Chen Pei [this message]
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