diff -urN 2.4.4/arch/alpha/mm/extable.c alpha-modrace/arch/alpha/mm/extable.c
--- 2.4.4/arch/alpha/mm/extable.c	Thu Nov 16 15:37:26 2000
+++ alpha-modrace/arch/alpha/mm/extable.c	Mon Apr 30 19:28:21 2001
@@ -45,20 +45,25 @@
 	/* There is only the kernel to search.  */
 	ret = search_one_table(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table - 1,
 			       addr - gp);
-	if (ret) return ret;
 #else
+	unsigned long flags;
 	/* The kernel is the last "module" -- no need to treat it special. */
 	struct module *mp;
+
+	ret = 0;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&modlist_lock, flags);
 	for (mp = module_list; mp ; mp = mp->next) {
-		if (!mp->ex_table_start)
+		if (!mp->ex_table_start || !(mp->flags&(MOD_RUNNING|MOD_INITIALIZING)))
 			continue;
 		ret = search_one_table(mp->ex_table_start,
 				       mp->ex_table_end - 1, addr - mp->gp);
-		if (ret) return ret;
+		if (ret)
+			break;
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&modlist_lock, flags);
 #endif
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
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