1 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 7f6912ced2ba..d656c276508d 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #if 0
 #define DEBUGP printk
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ static char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val)
         }
 
         for (i = 0; args[i]; i++) {
-                if (args[i] == ' ' && !in_quote)
+                if (isspace(args[i]) && !in_quote)
                         break;
                 if (equals == 0) {
                         if (args[i] == '=')
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ static char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val)
                 next = args + i;
 
         /* Chew up trailing spaces. */
-        while (*next == ' ')
+        while (isspace(*next))
                 next++;
         return next;
 }
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ int parse_args(const char *name,
         DEBUGP("Parsing ARGS: %s\n", args);
 
         /* Chew leading spaces */
-        while (*args == ' ')
+        while (isspace(*args))
                 args++;
 
         while (*args) {
@@ -217,15 +218,11 @@ int param_set_charp(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
                 return -ENOSPC;
         }
 
-        if (kp->flags & KPARAM_KMALLOCED)
-                kfree(*(char **)kp->arg);
-
         /* This is a hack.  We can't need to strdup in early boot, and we
          * don't need to; this mangled commandline is preserved. */
         if (slab_is_available()) {
-                kp->flags |= KPARAM_KMALLOCED;
                 *(char **)kp->arg = kstrdup(val, GFP_KERNEL);
-                if (!kp->arg)
+                if (!*(char **)kp->arg)
                         return -ENOMEM;
         } else
                 *(const char **)kp->arg = val;
@@ -303,6 +300,7 @@ static int param_array(const char *name,
                        unsigned int min, unsigned int max,
                        void *elem, int elemsize,
                        int (*set)(const char *, struct kernel_param *kp),
+                       u16 flags,
                        unsigned int *num)
 {
         int ret;
@@ -312,6 +310,7 @@ static int param_array(const char *name,
         /* Get the name right for errors. */
         kp.name = name;
         kp.arg = elem;
+        kp.flags = flags;
 
         /* No equals sign? */
         if (!val) {
@@ -357,7 +356,8 @@ int param_array_set(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
         unsigned int temp_num;
 
         return param_array(kp->name, val, 1, arr->max, arr->elem,
-                           arr->elemsize, arr->set, arr->num ?: &temp_num);
+                           arr->elemsize, arr->set, kp->flags,
+                           arr->num ?: &temp_num);
 }
 
 int param_array_get(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -604,11 +604,7 @@ void module_param_sysfs_remove(struct module *mod)
 
 void destroy_params(const struct kernel_param *params, unsigned num)
 {
-        unsigned int i;
-
-        for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
-                if (params[i].flags & KPARAM_KMALLOCED)
-                        kfree(*(char **)params[i].arg);
+        /* FIXME: This should free kmalloced charp parameters.  It doesn't. */
 }
 
 static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,