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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/moduleparam.h | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/params.c | 14 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h index 1eefe6d..e4af339 100644 --- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h +++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h @@ -104,6 +104,25 @@ struct kparam_array #define module_param(name, type, perm) \ module_param_named(name, name, type, perm) +#ifndef MODULE +/** + * core_param - define a historical core kernel parameter. + * @name: the name of the cmdline and sysfs parameter (often the same as var) + * @var: the variable + * @type: the type (for param_set_##type and param_get_##type) + * @perm: visibility in sysfs + * + * core_param is just like module_param(), but cannot be modular and + * doesn't add a prefix (such as "printk."). This is for compatibility + * with __setup(), and it makes sense as truly core parameters aren't + * tied to the particular file they're in. + */ +#define core_param(name, var, type, perm) \ + param_check_##type(name, &(var)); \ + __module_param_call("", name, param_set_##type, param_get_##type, \ + &var, perm) +#endif /* !MODULE */ + /* Actually copy string: maxlen param is usually sizeof(string). */ #define module_param_string(name, string, len, perm) \ static const struct kparam_string __param_string_##name \ diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c index f27c992a..b077f1b 100644 --- a/kernel/params.c +++ b/kernel/params.c @@ -637,14 +637,14 @@ static void __init param_sysfs_builtin(void) dot = strchr(kp->name, '.'); if (!dot) { - DEBUGP("couldn't find period in first %d characters " - "of %s\n", MODULE_NAME_LEN, kp->name); - continue; + /* This happens for core_param() */ + strcpy(modname, "kernel"); + name_len = 0; + } else { + name_len = dot - kp->name + 1; + strlcpy(modname, kp->name, name_len); } - name_len = dot - kp->name; - strncpy(modname, kp->name, name_len); - modname[name_len] = '\0'; - kernel_add_sysfs_param(modname, kp, name_len+1); + kernel_add_sysfs_param(modname, kp, name_len); } } |
