Once module init has succeded it is too late to cancel loading. If setting ro_after_init data section to read-only fails, all we can do is to inform the user through a warning. Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230915082126.4187913-1-ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx/ Fixes: d1909c022173 ("module: Don't ignore errors from set_memory_XX()") Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v1: Fixed comment from Petr about __func__ --- kernel/module/main.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c index 39fe5d81b6a8..5f922e563fc3 100644 --- a/kernel/module/main.c +++ b/kernel/module/main.c @@ -2675,7 +2675,10 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod) #endif ret = module_enable_rodata_ro_after_init(mod); if (ret) - goto fail_mutex_unlock; + pr_warn("%s: module_enable_rodata_ro_after_init() returned %d, " + "ro_after_init data might still be writable\n", + mod->name, ret); + mod_tree_remove_init(mod); module_arch_freeing_init(mod); for_class_mod_mem_type(type, init) { @@ -2714,8 +2717,6 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod) return 0; -fail_mutex_unlock: - mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); fail_free_freeinit: kfree(freeinit); fail: -- 2.47.0