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        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 4.9.330
Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:49:03 +0200
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 31cf32eb5fc9..ad86576ed692 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 9
-SUBLEVEL = 329
+SUBLEVEL = 330
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Roaring Lionus
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/clk.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/clk.c
index d1de57b86683..e0835a743e41 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/clk.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/clk.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct clk *clk_get_io(void)
 {
 	return &cpu_clk_generic[2];
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_get_io);
 
 struct clk *clk_get_ppe(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 3248aa7a35b3..cb3e22f10d68 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ int vmbus_allocate_mmio(struct resource **new, struct hv_device *device_obj,
 			bool fb_overlap_ok)
 {
 	struct resource *iter, *shadow;
-	resource_size_t range_min, range_max, start;
+	resource_size_t range_min, range_max, start, end;
 	const char *dev_n = dev_name(&device_obj->device);
 	int retval;
 
@@ -1221,6 +1221,14 @@ int vmbus_allocate_mmio(struct resource **new, struct hv_device *device_obj,
 		range_max = iter->end;
 		start = (range_min + align - 1) & ~(align - 1);
 		for (; start + size - 1 <= range_max; start += align) {
+			end = start + size - 1;
+
+			/* Skip the whole fb_mmio region if not fb_overlap_ok */
+			if (!fb_overlap_ok && fb_mmio &&
+			    (((start >= fb_mmio->start) && (start <= fb_mmio->end)) ||
+			     ((end >= fb_mmio->start) && (end <= fb_mmio->end))))
+				continue;
+
 			shadow = __request_region(iter, start, size, NULL,
 						  IORESOURCE_BUSY);
 			if (!shadow)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
index e3dc59fffdb7..8472667ffe71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ static int gs_can_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 		flags |= GS_CAN_MODE_TRIPLE_SAMPLE;
 
 	/* finally start device */
+	dev->can.state = CAN_STATE_ERROR_ACTIVE;
 	dm->mode = cpu_to_le32(GS_CAN_MODE_START);
 	dm->flags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
 	rc = usb_control_msg(interface_to_usbdev(dev->iface),
@@ -703,13 +704,12 @@ static int gs_can_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		netdev_err(netdev, "Couldn't start device (err=%d)\n", rc);
 		kfree(dm);
+		dev->can.state = CAN_STATE_STOPPED;
 		return rc;
 	}
 
 	kfree(dm);
 
-	dev->can.state = CAN_STATE_ERROR_ACTIVE;
-
 	parent->active_channels++;
 	if (!(dev->can.ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_LISTENONLY))
 		netif_start_queue(netdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c
index b38106a7cb5d..b421a1d44783 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunhme.c
@@ -2064,9 +2064,9 @@ static void happy_meal_rx(struct happy_meal *hp, struct net_device *dev)
 
 			skb_reserve(copy_skb, 2);
 			skb_put(copy_skb, len);
-			dma_sync_single_for_cpu(hp->dma_dev, dma_addr, len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+			dma_sync_single_for_cpu(hp->dma_dev, dma_addr, len + 2, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 			skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, copy_skb->data, len);
-			dma_sync_single_for_device(hp->dma_dev, dma_addr, len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+			dma_sync_single_for_device(hp->dma_dev, dma_addr, len + 2, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 			/* Reuse original ring buffer. */
 			hme_write_rxd(hp, this,
 				      (RXFLAG_OWN|((RX_BUF_ALLOC_SIZE-RX_OFFSET)<<16)),
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
index 6c0982a39486..7668584c3843 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ static int ipvlan_process_v6_outbound(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static int ipvlan_process_outbound(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct ethhdr *ethh = eth_hdr(skb);
 	int ret = NET_XMIT_DROP;
 
 	/* The ipvlan is a pseudo-L2 device, so the packets that we receive
@@ -451,6 +450,8 @@ static int ipvlan_process_outbound(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
 		/* In this mode we dont care about
 		 * multicast and broadcast traffic */
+		struct ethhdr *ethh = eth_hdr(skb);
+
 		if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ethh->h_dest)) {
 			pr_debug_ratelimited(
 				"Dropped {multi|broad}cast of type=[%x]\n",
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@ static int ipvlan_xmit_mode_l3(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 static int ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	const struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct ethhdr *eth = eth_hdr(skb);
+	struct ethhdr *eth = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
 	struct ipvl_addr *addr;
 	void *lyr3h;
 	int addr_type;
@@ -544,6 +545,7 @@ static int ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		return dev_forward_skb(ipvlan->phy_dev, skb);
 
 	} else if (is_multicast_ether_addr(eth->h_dest)) {
+		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 		ipvlan_skb_crossing_ns(skb, NULL);
 		ipvlan_multicast_enqueue(ipvlan->port, skb);
 		return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
index 001dea7aaba3..657e12e0b5e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
@@ -1280,10 +1280,12 @@ static int team_port_add(struct team *team, struct net_device *port_dev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	netif_addr_lock_bh(dev);
-	dev_uc_sync_multiple(port_dev, dev);
-	dev_mc_sync_multiple(port_dev, dev);
-	netif_addr_unlock_bh(dev);
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+		netif_addr_lock_bh(dev);
+		dev_uc_sync_multiple(port_dev, dev);
+		dev_mc_sync_multiple(port_dev, dev);
+		netif_addr_unlock_bh(dev);
+	}
 
 	port->index = -1;
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&port->list, &team->port_list);
@@ -1354,8 +1356,10 @@ static int team_port_del(struct team *team, struct net_device *port_dev)
 	netdev_rx_handler_unregister(port_dev);
 	team_port_disable_netpoll(port);
 	vlan_vids_del_by_dev(port_dev, dev);
-	dev_uc_unsync(port_dev, dev);
-	dev_mc_unsync(port_dev, dev);
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+		dev_uc_unsync(port_dev, dev);
+		dev_mc_unsync(port_dev, dev);
+	}
 	dev_close(port_dev);
 	team_port_leave(team, port);
 
@@ -1703,6 +1707,14 @@ static int team_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 static int team_close(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct team *team = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct team_port *port;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(port, &team->port_list, list) {
+		dev_uc_unsync(port->dev, dev);
+		dev_mc_unsync(port->dev, dev);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c b/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c
index 633762f8d775..84a93ddcd57a 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/ccio-dma.c
@@ -1569,6 +1569,7 @@ static int __init ccio_probe(struct parisc_device *dev)
 	ioc->ioc_regs = ioremap_nocache(dev->hpa.start, 4096);
 	ccio_ioc_init(ioc);
 	if (ccio_init_resources(ioc)) {
+		iounmap(ioc->ioc_regs);
 		kfree(ioc);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
index 2002684a68b3..53eb32c65abb 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
@@ -674,12 +674,12 @@ int dasd_alias_remove_device(struct dasd_device *device)
 struct dasd_device *dasd_alias_get_start_dev(struct dasd_device *base_device)
 {
 	struct dasd_eckd_private *alias_priv, *private = base_device->private;
-	struct alias_pav_group *group = private->pavgroup;
 	struct alias_lcu *lcu = private->lcu;
 	struct dasd_device *alias_device;
+	struct alias_pav_group *group;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!group || !lcu)
+	if (!lcu)
 		return NULL;
 	if (lcu->pav == NO_PAV ||
 	    lcu->flags & (NEED_UAC_UPDATE | UPDATE_PENDING))
@@ -696,6 +696,11 @@ struct dasd_device *dasd_alias_get_start_dev(struct dasd_device *base_device)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&lcu->lock, flags);
+	group = private->pavgroup;
+	if (!group) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lcu->lock, flags);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	alias_device = group->next;
 	if (!alias_device) {
 		if (list_empty(&group->aliaslist)) {
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
index 731ac35acb31..1896e0d9a64b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static void tegra_uart_tx_dma_complete(void *args)
 	count = tup->tx_bytes_requested - state.residue;
 	async_tx_ack(tup->tx_dma_desc);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tup->uport.lock, flags);
-	xmit->tail = (xmit->tail + count) & (UART_XMIT_SIZE - 1);
+	uart_xmit_advance(&tup->uport, count);
 	tup->tx_in_progress = 0;
 	if (uart_circ_chars_pending(xmit) < WAKEUP_CHARS)
 		uart_write_wakeup(&tup->uport);
@@ -493,7 +493,6 @@ static unsigned int tegra_uart_tx_empty(struct uart_port *u)
 static void tegra_uart_stop_tx(struct uart_port *u)
 {
 	struct tegra_uart_port *tup = to_tegra_uport(u);
-	struct circ_buf *xmit = &tup->uport.state->xmit;
 	struct dma_tx_state state;
 	unsigned int count;
 
@@ -504,7 +503,7 @@ static void tegra_uart_stop_tx(struct uart_port *u)
 	dmaengine_tx_status(tup->tx_dma_chan, tup->tx_cookie, &state);
 	count = tup->tx_bytes_requested - state.residue;
 	async_tx_ack(tup->tx_dma_desc);
-	xmit->tail = (xmit->tail + count) & (UART_XMIT_SIZE - 1);
+	uart_xmit_advance(&tup->uport, count);
 	tup->tx_in_progress = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 611ff2c28f7a..37867df5e901 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -5702,7 +5702,7 @@ static int usb_reset_and_verify_device(struct usb_device *udev)
  *
  * Return: The same as for usb_reset_and_verify_device().
  * However, if a reset is already in progress (for instance, if a
- * driver doesn't have pre_ or post_reset() callbacks, and while
+ * driver doesn't have pre_reset() or post_reset() callbacks, and while
  * being unbound or re-bound during the ongoing reset its disconnect()
  * or probe() routine tries to perform a second, nested reset), the
  * routine returns -EINPROGRESS.
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c
index 184773b6b9e4..2cca4b763d8d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ pxa3xx_gcu_write(struct file *file, const char *buff,
 	struct pxa3xx_gcu_batch	*buffer;
 	struct pxa3xx_gcu_priv *priv = to_pxa3xx_gcu_priv(file);
 
-	int words = count / 4;
+	size_t words = count / 4;
 
 	/* Does not need to be atomic. There's a lock in user space,
 	 * but anyhow, this is just for statistics. */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index de133eeebc8a..c821d13c6d72 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ smb_send_kvec(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct msghdr *smb_msg,
 
 	*sent = 0;
 
-	smb_msg->msg_name = (struct sockaddr *) &server->dstaddr;
-	smb_msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr);
+	smb_msg->msg_name = NULL;
+	smb_msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	smb_msg->msg_control = NULL;
 	smb_msg->msg_controllen = 0;
 	if (server->noblocksnd)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 4966c6d24ad2..17d7b86a6419 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent,
 		goto fallback;
 	}
 
-	max_dirs = ndirs / ngroups + inodes_per_group / 16;
+	max_dirs = ndirs / ngroups + inodes_per_group*flex_size / 16;
 	min_inodes = avefreei - inodes_per_group*flex_size / 4;
 	if (min_inodes < 1)
 		min_inodes = 1;
diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h
index cd95b5e395a3..08399a68566b 100644
--- a/include/linux/serial_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h
@@ -294,6 +294,23 @@ struct uart_state {
 /* number of characters left in xmit buffer before we ask for more */
 #define WAKEUP_CHARS		256
 
+/**
+ * uart_xmit_advance - Advance xmit buffer and account Tx'ed chars
+ * @up: uart_port structure describing the port
+ * @chars: number of characters sent
+ *
+ * This function advances the tail of circular xmit buffer by the number of
+ * @chars transmitted and handles accounting of transmitted bytes (into
+ * @up's icount.tx).
+ */
+static inline void uart_xmit_advance(struct uart_port *up, unsigned int chars)
+{
+	struct circ_buf *xmit = &up->state->xmit;
+
+	xmit->tail = (xmit->tail + chars) & (UART_XMIT_SIZE - 1);
+	up->icount.tx += chars;
+}
+
 struct module;
 struct tty_driver;
 
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index c07c5fa6adcd..3291d3ef86b0 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5601,7 +5601,8 @@ static char *create_unique_id(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	char *name = kmalloc(ID_STR_LENGTH, GFP_KERNEL);
 	char *p = name;
 
-	BUG_ON(!name);
+	if (!name)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	*p++ = ':';
 	/*
@@ -5649,6 +5650,8 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 		 * for the symlinks.
 		 */
 		name = create_unique_id(s);
+		if (IS_ERR(name))
+			return PTR_ERR(name);
 	}
 
 	s->kobj.kset = cache_kset(s);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index 701adcb9262e..a73c362a0182 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -385,10 +385,6 @@ static void __ieee80211_scan_completed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool aborted)
 	scan_req = rcu_dereference_protected(local->scan_req,
 					     lockdep_is_held(&local->mtx));
 
-	if (scan_req != local->int_scan_req) {
-		local->scan_info.aborted = aborted;
-		cfg80211_scan_done(scan_req, &local->scan_info);
-	}
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->scan_req, NULL);
 
 	scan_sdata = rcu_dereference_protected(local->scan_sdata,
@@ -398,6 +394,13 @@ static void __ieee80211_scan_completed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool aborted)
 	local->scanning = 0;
 	local->scan_chandef.chan = NULL;
 
+	synchronize_rcu();
+
+	if (scan_req != local->int_scan_req) {
+		local->scan_info.aborted = aborted;
+		cfg80211_scan_done(scan_req, &local->scan_info);
+	}
+
 	/* Set power back to normal operating levels. */
 	ieee80211_hw_config(local, 0);
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
index c6a8bdc3a226..5d630288f86c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
@@ -150,15 +150,37 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
 	data = ib_ptr;
 	data_limit = ib_ptr + skb->len - dataoff;
 
-	/* strlen("\1DCC SENT t AAAAAAAA P\1\n")=24
-	 * 5+MINMATCHLEN+strlen("t AAAAAAAA P\1\n")=14 */
-	while (data < data_limit - (19 + MINMATCHLEN)) {
-		if (memcmp(data, "\1DCC ", 5)) {
+	/* Skip any whitespace */
+	while (data < data_limit - 10) {
+		if (*data == ' ' || *data == '\r' || *data == '\n')
+			data++;
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/* strlen("PRIVMSG x ")=10 */
+	if (data < data_limit - 10) {
+		if (strncasecmp("PRIVMSG ", data, 8))
+			goto out;
+		data += 8;
+	}
+
+	/* strlen(" :\1DCC SENT t AAAAAAAA P\1\n")=26
+	 * 7+MINMATCHLEN+strlen("t AAAAAAAA P\1\n")=26
+	 */
+	while (data < data_limit - (21 + MINMATCHLEN)) {
+		/* Find first " :", the start of message */
+		if (memcmp(data, " :", 2)) {
 			data++;
 			continue;
 		}
+		data += 2;
+
+		/* then check that place only for the DCC command */
+		if (memcmp(data, "\1DCC ", 5))
+			goto out;
 		data += 5;
-		/* we have at least (19+MINMATCHLEN)-5 bytes valid data left */
+		/* we have at least (21+MINMATCHLEN)-(2+5) bytes valid data left */
 
 		iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 		pr_debug("DCC found in master %pI4:%u %pI4:%u\n",
@@ -174,7 +196,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
 			pr_debug("DCC %s detected\n", dccprotos[i]);
 
 			/* we have at least
-			 * (19+MINMATCHLEN)-5-dccprotos[i].matchlen bytes valid
+			 * (21+MINMATCHLEN)-7-dccprotos[i].matchlen bytes valid
 			 * data left (== 14/13 bytes) */
 			if (parse_dcc(data, data_limit, &dcc_ip,
 				       &dcc_port, &addr_beg_p, &addr_end_p)) {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
index 3a8dc39a9116..7dc23df7b4e3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static int ct_sip_walk_headers(const struct nf_conn *ct, const char *dptr,
 				return ret;
 			if (ret == 0)
 				break;
-			dataoff += *matchoff;
+			dataoff = *matchoff;
 		}
 		*in_header = 0;
 	}
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int ct_sip_walk_headers(const struct nf_conn *ct, const char *dptr,
 			break;
 		if (ret == 0)
 			return ret;
-		dataoff += *matchoff;
+		dataoff = *matchoff;
 	}
 
 	if (in_header)
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
index 74ce577de7df..ac49c9eb1654 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
@@ -2316,6 +2316,8 @@ static const struct pci_device_id azx_ids[] = {
 	/* 5 Series/3400 */
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x8086, 0x3b56),
 	  .driver_data = AZX_DRIVER_SCH | AZX_DCAPS_INTEL_PCH_NOPM },
+	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x8086, 0x3b57),
+	  .driver_data = AZX_DRIVER_SCH | AZX_DCAPS_INTEL_PCH_NOPM },
 	/* Poulsbo */
 	{ PCI_DEVICE(0x8086, 0x811b),
 	  .driver_data = AZX_DRIVER_SCH | AZX_DCAPS_INTEL_PCH_BASE },
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
index 8b240a55cb89..d149cb00282c 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
@@ -3247,6 +3247,7 @@ static int patch_tegra_hdmi(struct hda_codec *codec)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	codec->depop_delay = 10;
 	codec->patch_ops.build_pcms = tegra_hdmi_build_pcms;
 	spec = codec->spec;
 	spec->chmap.ops.chmap_cea_alloc_validate_get_type =
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index e155783c601a..0a7e1543ce8f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1694,8 +1694,8 @@ static int kcore_copy__compare_file(const char *from_dir, const char *to_dir,
  * unusual.  One significant peculiarity is that the mapping (start -> pgoff)
  * is not the same for the kernel map and the modules map.  That happens because
  * the data is copied adjacently whereas the original kcore has gaps.  Finally,
- * kallsyms and modules files are compared with their copies to check that
- * modules have not been loaded or unloaded while the copies were taking place.
+ * kallsyms file is compared with its copy to check that modules have not been
+ * loaded or unloaded while the copies were taking place.
  *
  * Return: %0 on success, %-1 on failure.
  */
@@ -1758,9 +1758,6 @@ int kcore_copy(const char *from_dir, const char *to_dir)
 					 kci.modules_map.len))
 		goto out_extract_close;
 
-	if (kcore_copy__compare_file(from_dir, to_dir, "modules"))
-		goto out_extract_close;
-
 	if (kcore_copy__compare_file(from_dir, to_dir, "kallsyms"))
 		goto out_extract_close;