[PATCH] sys_init_module refuses to load module without init code/data sections

[Juan M. de la Torre]

  load_module() stores in mod->init_size the size of init data and init
 code sections, and later allocs (using module_alloc()) mod->init_size
 bytes. 

  If the module has not init data and init code sections mod->init_size
 is 0, so module_alloc() will return NULL and load_module() will abort
 loading the module with -ENOMEM.

 Possible patch attached, sorry if this is a known issue.

 Best regards,
  Juanma

--- 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