user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/moduleparam.h, branch v3.2.78

module.h: relocate MODULE_PARM_DESC into moduleparam.h

2011-10-31T13:20:11Z

There are files which use module_param and MODULE_PARM_DESC back to back. They only include moduleparam.h which makes sense, but the implicit presence of module.h everywhere hid the fact that MODULE_PARM_DESC wasn't in moduleparam.h at all. Relocate the macro to moduleparam.h so that the moduleparam infrastructure can be used independently of module.h Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker

params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal

2011-10-26T02:40:39Z

The user may use "foo-bar" for a kernel parameter defined as "foo_bar". Make sure it works the other way around too. Apply the equality of dashes and underscores on early_params and __setup params as well. The example given in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt indicates that this is the intended behaviour. With the patch the kernel accepts "log-buf-len=1M" as expected. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744545 Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell (neatened implementations)

module: reorder kparam_array to remove alignment padding on 64 bit builds

2011-05-19T07:25:25Z

Reorder structure kparam_array to remove 8 bytes of alignment padding on 64 bit builds, dropping its size from 40 to 32 bytes. Also update the macro module_param_array_named to initialise the structure using its member names to allow it to be changed without touching all its call sites. 'git grep' finds module_param_array in 1037 places so this patch will save a small amount of data space across many modules. Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

param: add null statement to compiled-in module params

2011-01-24T04:02:52Z

Add an unused struct declaration statement requiring a terminating semicolon to the compile-in case to provoke an error if __MODULE_INFO() is used without the terminating semicolon. Previously MODULE_ALIAS("foo") (no semicolon) compiled fine if MODULE was not selected. Cc: Dan Carpenter Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

modules: no need to align .modinfo strings

2010-10-26T23:52:13Z

gcc aligns strings as a performance consideration for those cases where strings are being used a lot. Their use is not performance critical, and hence it seems better to save some space. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Acked-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

param: don't deref arg in __same_type() checks

2010-08-11T13:34:41Z

gcc allows this when arg is a function, but sparse complains: drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c:303:1: error: cannot dereference this type drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c:307:1: error: cannot dereference this type drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c:311:1: error: cannot dereference this type Reported-by: Randy Dunlap Tested-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

param: add kerneldoc to moduleparam.h

2010-08-11T13:34:21Z

Also reorders the macros with the most common ones at the top. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai Tested-by: Phil Carmody

param: locking for kernel parameters

2010-08-11T13:34:20Z

There may be cases (most obviously, sysfs-writable charp parameters) where a module needs to prevent sysfs access to parameters. Rather than express this in terms of a big lock, the functions are expressed in terms of what they protect against. This is clearer, esp. if the implementation changes to a module-level or even param-level lock. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai Tested-by: Phil Carmody

param: make param sections const.

2010-08-11T13:34:19Z

Since this section can be read-only (they're in .rodata), they should always have been const. Minor flow-through various functions. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Tested-by: Phil Carmody

param: add a free hook to kernel_param_ops.

2010-08-11T13:34:18Z

This allows us to generalize the KPARAM_KMALLOCED flag, by calling a function on every parameter when a module is unloaded. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai Tested-by: Phil Carmody