12 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index ac03bdb4ae4..4da7cde70b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@
 #define __NR_process_vm_readv		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+376)
 #define __NR_process_vm_writev		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+377)
 					/* 378 for kcmp */
+#define __NR_finit_module		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+379)
 
 /*
  * This may need to be greater than __NR_last_syscall+1 in order to
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
index 5935b6a02e6..a4fda4e7a37 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@
 		CALL(sys_process_vm_readv)
 		CALL(sys_process_vm_writev)
 		CALL(sys_ni_syscall)	/* reserved for sys_kcmp */
+		CALL(sys_finit_module)
 #ifndef syscalls_counted
 .equ syscalls_padding, ((NR_syscalls + 3) & ~3) - NR_syscalls
 #define syscalls_counted
diff --git a/arch/cris/kernel/module.c b/arch/cris/kernel/module.c
index 37400f5869e..51123f985eb 100644
--- a/arch/cris/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/cris/kernel/module.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_ETRAX_KMALLOCED_MODULES
 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	if (size == 0)
-		return NULL;
 	return kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
index 5e34ccf39a4..2a625fb063e 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ static inline int reassemble_22(int as22)
 
 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	if (size == 0)
-		return NULL;
 	/* using RWX means less protection for modules, but it's
 	 * easier than trying to map the text, data, init_text and
 	 * init_data correctly */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
index cec8aae5cbf..97909d3b1d7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
@@ -356,3 +356,4 @@ COMPAT_SYS_SPU(sendmmsg)
 SYSCALL_SPU(setns)
 COMPAT_SYS(process_vm_readv)
 COMPAT_SYS(process_vm_writev)
+SYSCALL(finit_module)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
index bcbbe413c60..29365e15ed7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
 
 
-#define __NR_syscalls		353
+#define __NR_syscalls		354
 
 #define __NR__exit __NR_exit
 #define NR_syscalls	__NR_syscalls
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 380b5d37a90..8c478c6c6b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@
 #define __NR_setns		350
 #define __NR_process_vm_readv	351
 #define __NR_process_vm_writev	352
+#define __NR_finit_module	353
 
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_POWERPC_UNISTD_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/module.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/module.c
index f1ddc0d2367..4435488ebe2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/module.c
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
 	void *ret;
 
-	/* We handle the zero case fine, unlike vmalloc */
-	if (size == 0)
-		return NULL;
-
 	ret = module_map(size);
 	if (ret)
 		memset(ret, 0, size);
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/module.c b/arch/tile/kernel/module.c
index 243ffebe38d..4918d91bc3a 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/module.c
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 	int i = 0;
 	int npages;
 
-	if (size == 0)
-		return NULL;
 	npages = (size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
 	pages = kmalloc(npages * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (pages == NULL)
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/module.c b/arch/unicore32/kernel/module.c
index 8fbe8577f5e..16bd1495b93 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/module.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 	struct vm_struct *area;
 
 	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
-	if (!size)
-		return NULL;
-
 	area = __get_vm_area(size, VM_ALLOC, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END);
 	if (!area)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index ee3c220ee50..05f404f53f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -356,3 +356,4 @@
 347	i386	process_vm_readv	sys_process_vm_readv		compat_sys_process_vm_readv
 348	i386	process_vm_writev	sys_process_vm_writev		compat_sys_process_vm_writev
 349	i386	kcmp			sys_kcmp
+350	i386	finit_module		sys_finit_module
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index a582bfed95b..7c58c84b7bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@
 310	64	process_vm_readv	sys_process_vm_readv
 311	64	process_vm_writev	sys_process_vm_writev
 312	common	kcmp			sys_kcmp
+313	common	finit_module		sys_finit_module
 
 #
 # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact