Running out of our modprobe limit is not a memory limit but a system specific established limitation set to avoid a possible recursive issue with modprobe. This gives userspace a better idea of what happened if we can't load a module, it could use this to wait and try again. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/kmod.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index 7635915dc91c..563600fc9bb1 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int kmod_umh_threads_get(void) if (atomic_read(&kmod_concurrent) <= max_modprobes) return 0; atomic_dec(&kmod_concurrent); - return -ENOMEM; + return -EBUSY; } static void kmod_umh_threads_put(void) -- 2.11.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
