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diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 901cd6ac2f11..5d437bffd8dc 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1933,8 +1933,15 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
/* Set up license info based on the info section */
set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
+ /*
+ * ndiswrapper is under GPL by itself, but loads proprietary modules.
+ * Don't use add_taint_module(), as it would prevent ndiswrapper from
+ * using GPL-only symbols it needs.
+ */
if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
- add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+ add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+
+ /* driverloader was caught wrongly pretending to be under GPL */
if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
@@ -2171,10 +2178,20 @@ sys_init_module(void __user *umod,
wake_up(&module_wq);
return ret;
}
+ if (ret > 0) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: '%s'->init suspiciously returned %d, "
+ "it should follow 0/-E convention\n"
+ KERN_WARNING "%s: loading module anyway...\n",
+ __func__, mod->name, ret,
+ __func__);
+ dump_stack();
+ }
- /* Now it's a first class citizen! */
- mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
+ /* Now it's a first class citizen! Wake up anyone waiting for it. */
mod->state = MODULE_STATE_LIVE;
+ wake_up(&module_wq);
+
+ mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
/* Drop initial reference. */
module_put(mod);
unwind_remove_table(mod->unwind_info, 1);
@@ -2183,7 +2200,6 @@ sys_init_module(void __user *umod,
mod->init_size = 0;
mod->init_text_size = 0;
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
- wake_up(&module_wq);
return 0;
}