EXPERIMENTAL PATCH FOR BENCHMARKING
---
 kernel/module.c |   14 ++++----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2020,10 +2020,13 @@ static noinline struct module *load_modu
 	}
 #endif
 	if (pcpuindex) {
+		mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
+
 		/* We have a special allocation for this section. */
 		percpu = percpu_modalloc(sechdrs[pcpuindex].sh_size,
 					 sechdrs[pcpuindex].sh_addralign,
 					 mod->name);
+		mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
 		if (!percpu) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto free_percpu;
@@ -2317,19 +2320,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(init_module, void __user
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	/* Only one module load at a time, please */
-	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&module_mutex) != 0)
-		return -EINTR;
-
 	/* Do all the hard work */
 	mod = load_module(umod, len, uargs);
-	if (IS_ERR(mod)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
+	if (IS_ERR(mod))
 		return PTR_ERR(mod);
-	}
-
-	/* Drop lock so they can recurse */
-	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
 
 	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&module_notify_list,
 			MODULE_STATE_COMING, mod);