user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/moduleparam.h, branch v2.6.29.2

core_param() for genuinely core kernel parameters

2008-10-21T23:00:23Z

There are a lot of one-liner uses of __setup() in the kernel: they're cumbersome and not queryable (definitely not settable) via /sys. Yet it's ugly to simplify them to module_param(), because by default that inserts a prefix of the module name (usually filename). So, introduce a "core_param". The parameter gets no prefix, but appears in /sys/module/kernel/parameters/ (if non-zero perms arg). I thought about using the name "core", but that's more common than "kernel". And if you create a module called "kernel", you will die a horrible death. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

module: check kernel param length at compile time, not runtime

2008-10-21T23:00:22Z

The kparam code tries to handle over-length parameter prefixes at runtime. Not only would I bet this has never been tested, it's not clear that truncating names is a good idea either. So let's check at compile time. We need to move the #define to moduleparam.h to do this, though. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

moduleparam: fix alpha, ia64 and ppc64 compile failures

2008-02-14T00:21:19Z

On alpha, ia64 and ppc64 only relocations to local data can go into read-only sections. The vast majority of module parameters use the global generic param_set_*/param_get_* functions, so the 'const' attribute for struct kernel_param is not only useless, but it also causes compile failures due to 'section type conflict' in those rare cases where param_set/get are local functions. This fixes http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8964 Signed-off-by: Ivan Kokshaysky Cc: Richard Henderson Cc: "Luck, Tony" Cc: Anton Blanchard Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Adrian Bunk Cc: Kamalesh Babulal Cc: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

remove __attribute_used__

2008-01-28T22:21:18Z

Remove the deprecated __attribute_used__. [Introduce __section in a few places to silence checkpatch /sam] Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg

constify string/array kparam tracking structures

2007-10-17T15:42:56Z

.. in an effort to make read-only whatever can be made, so that CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA can catch as many issues as possible. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial

2007-02-19T21:29:02Z

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (25 commits) Documentation/kernel-docs.txt update. arch/cris: typo in KERN_INFO Storage class should be before const qualifier kernel/printk.c: comment fix update I/O sched Kconfig help texts - CFQ is now default, not AS. Remove duplicate listing of Cris arch from README kbuild: more doc. cleanups doc: make doc. for maxcpus= more visible drivers/net/eexpress.c: remove duplicate comment add a help text for BLK_DEV_GENERIC correct a dead URL in the IP_MULTICAST help text fix the BAYCOM_SER_HDX help text fix SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC help text trivial documentation patch for platform.txt Fix typos concerning hierarchy Fix comment typo "spin_lock_irqrestore". Fix misspellings of "agressive". drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c: trivial typo patch Correct trivial typo in log2.h. Remove useless FIND_FIRST_BIT() macro from cardbus.c. ...

Replace remaining references to "driverfs" with "sysfs".

2007-02-17T18:13:42Z

Globally, s/driverfs/sysfs/g. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk

sysfs: fix build errors: uevent with CONFIG_SYSFS=n

2007-02-16T23:19:18Z

Fix source files to build with CONFIG_SYSFS=n. module_subsys is not available. SYSFS=n, MODULES=y: T:y SYSFS=n, MODULES=n: T:y SYSFS=y, MODULES=y: T:y SYSFS=y, MODULES=n: T:y Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] Compile-time check re world-writeable module params

2006-12-07T16:39:34Z

One of the mistakes a module_param() user can make is to supply default value of module parameter as the last argument. module_param() accepts permissions instead. If default value is, say, 3 (-------wx), parameter becomes world-writeable. So far, the only remedy was to apply grep(1) and read drivers submitted to -mm. BTDT. With this patch applied, compiler will finally do some job. *) bounds checking on permissions *) world-writeable bit checking on permissions *) compile breakage if checks trigger First version of this check (only "& 2" part) directly caught 4 out of 7 places during my last grep. Subject: Neverending module_param() bugs [X] drivers/acpi/sbs.c:101:module_param(capacity_mode, int, CAPACITY_UNIT); [X] drivers/acpi/sbs.c:102:module_param(update_mode, int, UPDATE_MODE); [ ] drivers/acpi/sbs.c:103:module_param(update_info_mode, int, UPDATE_INFO_MODE); [ ] drivers/acpi/sbs.c:104:module_param(update_time, int, UPDATE_TIME); [ ] drivers/acpi/sbs.c:105:module_param(update_time2, int, UPDATE_TIME2); [X] drivers/char/watchdog/sbc8360.c:203:module_param(timeout, int, 27); [X] drivers/media/video/tuner-simple.c:13:module_param(offset, int, 0666); Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] kernel/params.c: make param_array() static

2006-03-25T16:22:52Z

param_array() in kernel/params.c can now become static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds