[PATCH] Module parameters 3/4

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:45:12 +1100


And this adds the parsing to module.c

Name: Parameter Implementation for modules
Author: Rusty Russell
Status: Tested on 2.5.38
Depends: Module/param.patch.gz

D: This activates parameter parsing for PARAM() declarations in modules.

diff -urpN --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal .31807-linux-2.5.43/kernel/module.c .31807-linux-2.5.43.updated/kernel/module.c
--- .31807-linux-2.5.43/kernel/module.c 2002-10-18 17:17:25.000000000 +1000
+++ .31807-linux-2.5.43.updated/kernel/module.c 2002-10-18 17:17:57.000000000 +1000
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/params.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/semaphore.h>
#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -951,8 +952,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void *
if (err < 0)
goto cleanup;

-#if 0 /* Needs param support */
- /* Size of section 0 is 0, so this works well */
+ /* Size of section 0 is 0, so this works well if no params */
err = parse_args(mod->args,
(struct kernel_param *)
sechdrs[setupindex].sh_offset,
@@ -961,7 +961,6 @@ static struct module *load_module(void *
NULL);
if (err < 0)
goto cleanup;
-#endif

/* Get rid of temporary copy */
vfree(hdr);

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