2 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe-small.c b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
index b61651621..77e42e3fb 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe-small.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 #define delete_module(mod, flags) syscall(__NR_delete_module, mod, flags)
 #ifdef __NR_finit_module
 # define finit_module(fd, uargs, flags) syscall(__NR_finit_module, fd, uargs, flags)
+# ifndef MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE
+#  define MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE 4
+# endif
 #endif
 /* linux/include/linux/module.h has limit of 64 chars on module names */
 #undef MODULE_NAME_LEN
@@ -272,7 +275,14 @@ static int load_module(const char *fname, const char *options)
         {
                 int fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
                 if (fd >= 0) {
-                        r = finit_module(fd, options, 0) != 0;
+                        int flags = is_suffixed_with(fname, ".ko") ? 0 : MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE;
+                        for (;;) {
+                                r = finit_module(fd, options, flags);
+                                if (r == 0 || flags == 0)
+                                        break;
+                                /* Loading non-.ko named uncompressed module? Not likely, but let's try it */
+                                flags = 0;
+                        }
                         close(fd);
                 }
         }
diff --git a/modutils/modutils.c b/modutils/modutils.c
index f7ad5e805..cbff20961 100644
--- a/modutils/modutils.c
+++ b/modutils/modutils.c
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #define init_module(mod, len, opts) syscall(__NR_init_module, mod, len, opts)
 #if defined(__NR_finit_module)
 # define finit_module(fd, uargs, flags) syscall(__NR_finit_module, fd, uargs, flags)
+# ifndef MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE
+#  define MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE 4
+# endif
 #endif
 #define delete_module(mod, flags) syscall(__NR_delete_module, mod, flags)
 
@@ -217,7 +220,14 @@ int FAST_FUNC bb_init_module(const char *filename, const char *options)
         {
                 int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
                 if (fd >= 0) {
-                        rc = finit_module(fd, options, 0) != 0;
+                        int flags = is_suffixed_with(filename, ".ko") ? 0 : MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE;
+                        for (;;) {
+                                rc = finit_module(fd, options, flags);
+                                if (rc == 0 || flags == 0)
+                                        break;
+                                /* Loading non-.ko named uncompressed module? Not likely, but let's try it */
+                                flags = 0;
+                        }
                         close(fd);
                         if (rc == 0)
                                 return rc;