kernel.git/kernel/params.c, branch linux-2.6.22.y

fix param_sysfs_builtin name length check

2007-11-21T17:25:53Z

patch 22800a2830ec07e7cc5c837999890ac47cc7f5de in mainline. Commit faf8c714f4508207a9c81cc94dafc76ed6680b44 caused a regression: parameter names longer than MAX_KBUILD_MODNAME will now be rejected, although we just need to keep the module name part that short. This patch restores the old behaviour while still avoiding that memchr is called with its length parameter larger than the total string length. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka Cc: Dave Young Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Cc: Chuck Ebbert Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

param_sysfs_builtin memchr argument fix

2007-11-05T17:56:07Z

patch faf8c714f4508207a9c81cc94dafc76ed6680b44 in mainline. If memchr argument is longer than strlen(kp->name), there will be some weird result. It will casuse duplicate filenames in sysfs for the "nousb". kernel warning messages are as bellow: sysfs: duplicate filename 'usbcore' can not be created WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:416 sysfs_add_one() [] sysfs_add_one+0xa0/0xe0 [] create_dir+0x48/0xb0 [] sysfs_create_dir+0x29/0x50 [] create_dir+0x1b/0x50 [] kobject_add+0x46/0x150 [] kobject_init+0x3a/0x80 [] kernel_param_sysfs_setup+0x50/0xb0 [] param_sysfs_builtin+0xee/0x130 [] param_sysfs_init+0x23/0x60 [] __next_cpu+0x12/0x20 [] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [] do_initcalls+0x46/0x1e0 [] create_proc_entry+0x52/0x90 [] register_irq_proc+0x9c/0xc0 [] proc_mkdir_mode+0x34/0x50 [] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [] kernel_init+0x62/0xb0 [] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x14 ======================= kobject_add failed for usbcore with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. [] kobject_add+0xf6/0x150 [] kernel_param_sysfs_setup+0x50/0xb0 [] param_sysfs_builtin+0xee/0x130 [] param_sysfs_init+0x23/0x60 [] __next_cpu+0x12/0x20 [] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [] do_initcalls+0x46/0x1e0 [] create_proc_entry+0x52/0x90 [] register_irq_proc+0x9c/0xc0 [] proc_mkdir_mode+0x34/0x50 [] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [] kernel_init+0x62/0xb0 [] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x14 ======================= Module 'usbcore' failed to be added to sysfs, error number -17 The system will be unstable now. Signed-off-by: Dave Young Cc: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Cc: Chuck Ebbert Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kernel/params.c: fix lying comment for param_array()

2007-05-08T18:15:08Z

This fixes the comment for the function param_array. Which lies that it only *temporarily* mangle the input string @val. Signed-off-by: Bert Wesarg Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed

2007-05-03T01:57:59Z

We need to work on cleaning up the relationship between kobjects, ksets and ktypes. The removal of 'struct subsystem' is the first step of this, especially as it is not really needed at all. Thanks to Kay for fixing the bugs in this patch. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] fix kernel oops with badly formatted module option

2007-04-12T22:31:41Z

Catch malformed kernel parameter usage of "param = value". Spaces are not supported, but don't cause a kernel fault on such usage, just report an error. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Larry Finger Acked-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Revert "Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent"

2007-02-23T22:54:57Z

This reverts commit c353c3fb0700a3c17ea2b0237710a184232ccd7f. It turns out that we end up with a loop trying to load the unix module and calling netfilter to do that. Will redo the patch later to not have this loop. Acked-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

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

Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent

2007-02-16T23:19:15Z

On recent systems, calls to /sbin/modprobe are handled by udev depending on the kind of device the kernel has discovered. This patch creates an uevent for the kernels internal request_module(), to let udev take control over the request, instead of forking the binary directly by the kernel. The direct execution of /sbin/modprobe can be disabled by setting: /sys/module/kmod/mod_request_helper (/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe) to an empty string, the same way /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug is disabled on an udev system. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

/sys/modules/*/holders

2007-02-07T18:37:12Z

Modules: only add drivers/ direcory if needed

2007-02-07T18:37:12Z

This changes the module core to only create the drivers/ directory if we are going to put something in it. Cc: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman