Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:52:11 +0100 | From | "Juan M. de la Torre" <> | Subject | Re: Can't allocate memory when loading a module 2.5.48-bk |
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:43:03AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > With Linus's latest bk tree (plus some USB patches) I get the following > error when trying to load the parport.o module: > > # modprobe parport > FATAL: Error inserting /lib/modules/2.5.48/kernel/parport.o: Cannot allocate memory > > Any ideas?
Try applying this patch:
--- linux-2.5.48/kernel/module.c.orig Tue Nov 19 20:08:52 2002 +++ linux-2.5.48/kernel/module.c Tue Nov 19 20:37:47 2002 @@ -972,13 +972,15 @@ memset(ptr, 0, mod->core_size); mod->module_core = ptr;
- ptr = module_alloc(mod->init_size); - if (!ptr) { - err = -ENOMEM; - goto free_core; - } - memset(ptr, 0, mod->init_size); - mod->module_init = ptr; + if (mod->init_size) { + ptr = module_alloc(mod->init_size); + if (!ptr) { + err = -ENOMEM; + goto free_core; + } + memset(ptr, 0, mod->init_size); + mod->module_init = ptr; + }
/* Transfer each section which requires ALLOC, and set sh_offset fields to absolute addresses. */ -- /jm
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