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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/firmware_class.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 080e44e2e6a9..de2e1732f55a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
return 0;
}
+ read_lock_usermodehelper();
+
if (WARN_ON(usermodehelper_is_disabled())) {
dev_err(device, "firmware: %s will not be loaded\n", name);
retval = -EBUSY;
@@ -551,6 +553,7 @@ error_kfree_fw:
kfree(firmware);
*firmware_p = NULL;
out:
+ read_unlock_usermodehelper();
return retval;
}