param: simple locking for sysfs-writable charp parameters

Since the writing to sysfs can free the old one, we need to block that
when we access the charp variables.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Tested-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Cc: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Jing Huang <huangj@brocade.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org

5 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
index 07ece9d26c63..3ff61063671a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
@@ -289,10 +289,13 @@ static int if_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
         }
 
         /* Upload firmware */
+        kparam_block_sysfs_write(fw_name);
         if (__if_usb_prog_firmware(cardp, lbs_fw_name, BOOT_CMD_FW_BY_USB)) {
+                kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(fw_name);
                 lbs_deb_usbd(&udev->dev, "FW upload failed\n");
                 goto err_prog_firmware;
         }
+        kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(fw_name);
 
         if (!(priv = lbs_add_card(cardp, &udev->dev)))
                 goto err_prog_firmware;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/if_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/if_usb.c
index b172f5d87a3b..41a4f214ade1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/if_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/if_usb.c
@@ -811,12 +811,15 @@ static int if_usb_prog_firmware(struct if_usb_card *cardp)
 
         lbtf_deb_enter(LBTF_DEB_USB);
 
+        kparam_block_sysfs_write(fw_name);
         ret = request_firmware(&cardp->fw, lbtf_fw_name, &cardp->udev->dev);
         if (ret < 0) {
                 pr_err("request_firmware() failed with %#x\n", ret);
                 pr_err("firmware %s not found\n", lbtf_fw_name);
+                kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(fw_name);
                 goto done;
         }
+        kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(fw_name);
 
         if (check_fwfile_format(cardp->fw->data, cardp->fw->size))
                 goto release_fw;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c
index 915a29d6c7ad..ca04cc9d332f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad.c
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ bfad_drv_init(struct bfad_s *bfad)
         memset(&driver_info, 0, sizeof(driver_info));
         strncpy(driver_info.version, BFAD_DRIVER_VERSION,
                 sizeof(driver_info.version) - 1);
+        __kernel_param_lock();
         if (host_name)
                 strncpy(driver_info.host_machine_name, host_name,
                         sizeof(driver_info.host_machine_name) - 1);
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ bfad_drv_init(struct bfad_s *bfad)
         if (os_patch)
                 strncpy(driver_info.host_os_patch, os_patch,
                         sizeof(driver_info.host_os_patch) - 1);
+        __kernel_param_unlock();
 
         strncpy(driver_info.os_device_name, bfad->pci_name,
                 sizeof(driver_info.os_device_name - 1));
diff --git a/drivers/usb/atm/ueagle-atm.c b/drivers/usb/atm/ueagle-atm.c
index 5b3f555e01c9..ea071a5b6eee 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/atm/ueagle-atm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/atm/ueagle-atm.c
@@ -1577,6 +1577,7 @@ static void cmvs_file_name(struct uea_softc *sc, char *const cmv_name, int ver)
         char file_arr[] = "CMVxy.bin";
         char *file;
 
+        kparam_block_sysfs_write(cmv_file);
         /* set proper name corresponding modem version and line type */
         if (cmv_file[sc->modem_index] == NULL) {
                 if (UEA_CHIP_VERSION(sc) == ADI930)
@@ -1595,6 +1596,7 @@ static void cmvs_file_name(struct uea_softc *sc, char *const cmv_name, int ver)
         strlcat(cmv_name, file, UEA_FW_NAME_MAX);
         if (ver == 2)
                 strlcat(cmv_name, ".v2", UEA_FW_NAME_MAX);
+        kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(cmv_file);
 }
 
 static int request_cmvs_old(struct uea_softc *sc,
diff --git a/drivers/video/vt8623fb.c b/drivers/video/vt8623fb.c
index d31dc96f838a..85d76ec4c63e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vt8623fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vt8623fb.c
@@ -726,7 +726,9 @@ static int __devinit vt8623_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_devi
 
         /* Prepare startup mode */
 
+        kparam_block_sysfs_write(mode_option);
         rc = fb_find_mode(&(info->var), info, mode_option, NULL, 0, NULL, 8);
+        kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(mode_option);
         if (! ((rc == 1) || (rc == 2))) {
                 rc = -EINVAL;
                 dev_err(info->device, "mode %s not found\n", mode_option);