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* param: fix setting arrays of boolRusty Russell2009-10-28
| | | | | | | | | | | We create a dummy struct kernel_param on the stack for parsing each array element, but we didn't initialize the flags word. This matters for arrays of type "bool", where the flag indicates if it really is an array of bools or unsigned int (old-style). Reported-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: stable@kernel.org
* param: fix NULL comparison on oomRusty Russell2009-10-28
| | | | | | | | kp->arg is always true: it's the contents of that pointer we care about. Reported-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: stable@kernel.org
* param: fix lots of bugs with writing charp params from sysfs, by leaking mem.Rusty Russell2009-10-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | e180a6b7759a "param: fix charp parameters set via sysfs" fixed the case where charp parameters written via sysfs were freed, leaving drivers accessing random memory. Unfortunately, storing a flag in the kparam struct was a bad idea: it's rodata so setting it causes an oops on some archs. But that's not all: 1) module_param_array() on charp doesn't work reliably, since we use an uninitialized temporary struct kernel_param. 2) there's a fundamental race if a module uses this parameter and then it's changed: they will still access the old, freed, memory. The simplest fix (ie. for 2.6.32) is to never free the memory. This prevents all these problems, at cost of a memory leak. In practice, there are only 18 places where a charp is writable via sysfs, and all are root-only writable. Reported-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Cc: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Christof Schmitt <christof.schmitt@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: stable@kernel.org
* param: allow whitespace as kernel parameter separatorPeter Oberparleiter2009-09-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some boot mechanisms require that kernel parameters are stored in a separate file which is loaded to memory without further processing (e.g. the "Load from FTP" method on s390). When such a file contains newline characters, the kernel parameter preceding the newline might not be correctly parsed (due to the newline being stuck to the end of the actual parameter value) which can lead to boot failures. This patch improves kernel command line usability in such a situation by allowing generic whitespace characters as separators between kernel parameters. Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module_param: allow 'bool' module_params to be bool, not just int.Rusty Russell2009-06-12
| | | | | | | | | | | Impact: API cleanup For historical reasons, 'bool' parameters must be an int, not a bool. But there are around 600 users, so a conversion seems like useless churn. So we use __same_type() to distinguish, and handle both cases. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module_param: split perm field into flags and permRusty Russell2009-06-12
| | | | | | | | | Impact: cleanup Rather than hack KPARAM_KMALLOCED into the perm field, separate it out. Since the perm field was 32 bits and only needs 16, we don't add bloat. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* module_param: invbool should take a 'bool', not an 'int'Rusty Russell2009-06-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | It takes an 'int' for historical reasons, and there are only two users: simply switch it over to bool. The other user (uvesafb.c) will get a (harmless-on-x86) warning until the next patch is applied. Cc: Brad Douglas <brad@neruo.com> Cc: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* param: fix charp parameters set via sysfsRusty Russell2009-03-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Impact: fix crash on reading from /sys/module/.../ieee80211_default_rc_algo The module_param type "charp" simply sets a char * pointer in the module to the parameter in the commandline string: this is why we keep the (mangled) module command line around. But when set via sysfs (as about 11 charp parameters can be) this memory is freed on the way out of the write(). Future reads hit random mem. So we kstrdup instead: we have to check we're not in early commandline parsing, and we have to note when we've used it so we can reliably kfree the parameter when it's next overwritten, and also on module unload. (Thanks to Randy Dunlap for CONFIG_SYSFS=n fixes) Reported-by: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com> Diagnosed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Tested-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Tested-by: Christof Schmitt <christof.schmitt@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* Fix compile warning in kernel/params.cLinus Torvalds2008-10-23
| | | | | | | | | Move free_module_param_attrs() into the CONFIG_MODULES section, since it's only used inside there. Thus avoiding the warning kernel/params.c:514: warning: 'free_module_param_attrs' defined but not used Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* core_param() for genuinely core kernel parametersRusty Russell2008-10-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are a lot of one-liner uses of __setup() in the kernel: they're cumbersome and not queryable (definitely not settable) via /sys. Yet it's ugly to simplify them to module_param(), because by default that inserts a prefix of the module name (usually filename). So, introduce a "core_param". The parameter gets no prefix, but appears in /sys/module/kernel/parameters/ (if non-zero perms arg). I thought about using the name "core", but that's more common than "kernel". And if you create a module called "kernel", you will die a horrible death. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* param: Fix duplicate module prefixesRusty Russell2008-10-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Instead of insisting each new module_param sysfs entry is unique, handle the case where it already exists (for builtin modules). The current code assumes that all identical prefixes are together in the section: true for normal uses, but not necessarily so if someone overrides MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX. More importantly, it's not true with the new "core_param()" code which uses "kernel" as a prefix. This simplifies the caller for the builtin case, at a slight loss of efficiency (we do the lookup every time to see if the directory exists). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* module: check kernel param length at compile time, not runtimeRusty Russell2008-10-21
| | | | | | | | | | | The kparam code tries to handle over-length parameter prefixes at runtime. Not only would I bet this has never been tested, it's not clear that truncating names is a good idea either. So let's check at compile time. We need to move the #define to moduleparam.h to do this, though. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* Add new string functions strict_strto* and convert kernel params to use themYi Yang2008-02-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently, for every sysfs node, the callers will be responsible for implementing store operation, so many many callers are doing duplicate things to validate input, they have the same mistakes because they are calling simple_strtol/ul/ll/uul, especially for module params, they are just numeric, but you can echo such values as 0x1234xxx, 07777888 and 1234aaa, for these cases, module params store operation just ignores succesive invalid char and converts prefix part to a numeric although input is acctually invalid. This patch tries to fix the aforementioned issues and implements strict_strtox serial functions, kernel/params.c uses them to strictly validate input, so module params will reject such values as 0x1234xxxx and returns an error: write error: Invalid argument Any modules which export numeric sysfs node can use strict_strtox instead of simple_strtox to reject any invalid input. Here are some test results: Before applying this patch: [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000g > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000gggggggg > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 010000 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0100008 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 010000aaaaa > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# After applying this patch: [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000g > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000gggggggg > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 010000 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0100008 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 010000aaaaa > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo -n 4096 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix compiler warnings] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix off-by-one found by tiwai@suse.de] Signed-off-by: Yi Yang <yi.y.yang@intel.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* kernel/params.c: remove sparse-warning (different signedness)Richard Knutsson2008-02-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fixing: CHECK kernel/params.c kernel/params.c:329:41: warning: incorrect type in argument 8 (different signedness) kernel/params.c:329:41: expected int *num kernel/params.c:329:41: got unsigned int * Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* module: fix the module name length in param_sysfs_builtinDenis Cheng2008-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | the original code use KOBJ_NAME_LEN for built-in module name length, that's defined to 20 in linux/kobject.h, but this is not enough appearntly, many module names are longer than this; #define KOBJ_NAME_LEN 20 another macro is MODULE_NAME_LEN defined in linux/module.h, I think this is enough for module names: #define MODULE_NAME_LEN (64 - sizeof(unsigned long)) Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng <crquan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds2008-01-25
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (200 commits) [SCSI] usbstorage: use last_sector_bug flag universally [SCSI] libsas: abstract STP task status into a function [SCSI] ultrastor: clean up inline asm warnings [SCSI] aic7xxx: fix firmware build [SCSI] aacraid: fib context lock for management ioctls [SCSI] ch: remove forward declarations [SCSI] ch: fix device minor number management bug [SCSI] ch: handle class_device_create failure properly [SCSI] NCR5380: fix section mismatch [SCSI] sg: fix /proc/scsi/sg/devices when no SCSI devices [SCSI] IB/iSER: add logical unit reset support [SCSI] don't use __GFP_DMA for sense buffers if not required [SCSI] use dynamically allocated sense buffer [SCSI] scsi.h: add macro for enclosure bit of inquiry data [SCSI] sd: add fix for devices with last sector access problems [SCSI] fix pcmcia compile problem [SCSI] aacraid: add Voodoo Lite class of cards. [SCSI] aacraid: add new driver features flags [SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.02.00-k7. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Issue correct MBC_INITIALIZE_FIRMWARE command. ...
| * [SCSI] sysfs: add filter function to groupsJames Bottomley2008-01-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch allows the various users of attribute_groups to selectively allow the appearance of group attributes. The primary consumer of this will be the transport classes in which we currently have elaborate attribute selection algorithms to do this same thing. Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
* | Modules: remove unneeded release functionGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Now that kobjects properly clean up their name structures, no matter if they have a release function or not, we can drop this empty module kobject release function too (it was needed prior to this because of the way we handled static kobject names, we based the fact that if a release function was present, then we could safely free the name string, now we are more smart about things and only free names we have previously set.) Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | Kobject: convert kernel/params.c to use kobject_init/add_ng()Greg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This converts the code to use the new kobject functions, cleaning up the logic in doing so. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | kset: convert /sys/module to use kset_createGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dynamically create the kset instead of declaring it statically. We also rename module_subsys to module_kset to catch all users of the variable. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | kobject: remove struct kobj_type from struct ksetGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We don't need a "default" ktype for a kset. We should set this explicitly every time for each kset. This change is needed so that we can make ksets dynamic, and cleans up one of the odd, undocumented assumption that the kset/kobject/ktype model has. This patch is based on a lot of help from Kay Sievers. Nasty bug in the block code was found by Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Modules: fix memory leak of module namesGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-12-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Due to the change in kobject name handling, the module kobject needs to have a null release function to ensure that the name it previously set will be properly cleaned up. All of this wierdness goes away in 2.6.25 with the rework of the kobject name and cleanup logic, but this is required for 2.6.24. Thanks to Alexey Dobriyan for finding the problem, and to Kay Sievers for pointing out the simple way to fix it after I tried many complex ways. Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* fix param_sysfs_builtin name length checkJan Kiszka2007-11-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 <jan.kiszka@web.de> Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* param_sysfs_builtin memchr argument fixDave Young2007-10-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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() [<c01c4750>] sysfs_add_one+0xa0/0xe0 [<c01c4ab8>] create_dir+0x48/0xb0 [<c01c4b69>] sysfs_create_dir+0x29/0x50 [<c024e0fb>] create_dir+0x1b/0x50 [<c024e3b6>] kobject_add+0x46/0x150 [<c024e2da>] kobject_init+0x3a/0x80 [<c053b880>] kernel_param_sysfs_setup+0x50/0xb0 [<c053b9ce>] param_sysfs_builtin+0xee/0x130 [<c053ba33>] param_sysfs_init+0x23/0x60 [<c024d062>] __next_cpu+0x12/0x20 [<c052aa30>] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [<c052aa30>] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [<c052a856>] do_initcalls+0x46/0x1e0 [<c01bdb12>] create_proc_entry+0x52/0x90 [<c0158d4c>] register_irq_proc+0x9c/0xc0 [<c01bda94>] proc_mkdir_mode+0x34/0x50 [<c052aa30>] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [<c052aa92>] kernel_init+0x62/0xb0 [<c0104f83>] 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. [<c024e466>] kobject_add+0xf6/0x150 [<c053b880>] kernel_param_sysfs_setup+0x50/0xb0 [<c053b9ce>] param_sysfs_builtin+0xee/0x130 [<c053ba33>] param_sysfs_init+0x23/0x60 [<c024d062>] __next_cpu+0x12/0x20 [<c052aa30>] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [<c052aa30>] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [<c052a856>] do_initcalls+0x46/0x1e0 [<c01bdb12>] create_proc_entry+0x52/0x90 [<c0158d4c>] register_irq_proc+0x9c/0xc0 [<c01bda94>] proc_mkdir_mode+0x34/0x50 [<c052aa30>] kernel_init+0x0/0xb0 [<c052aa92>] kernel_init+0x62/0xb0 [<c0104f83>] 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 <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* constify string/array kparam tracking structuresJan Beulich2007-10-17
| | | | | | | | | .. in an effort to make read-only whatever can be made, so that CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA can catch as many issues as possible. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* modules: better error messages when modules fail to load due to a sysfs problem.Greg Kroah-Hartman2007-07-30
| | | | | | | | | This helps people when debugging problems like the ones that were in the recent -mm releases. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->ownerTejun Heo2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sysfs is now completely out of driver/module lifetime game. After deletion, a sysfs node doesn't access anything outside sysfs proper, so there's no reason to hold onto the attribute owners. Note that often the wrong modules were accounted for as owners leading to accessing removed modules. This patch kills now unnecessary attribute->owner. Note that with this change, userland holding a sysfs node does not prevent the backing module from being unloaded. For more info regarding lifetime rule cleanup, please read the following message. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293 (tweaked by Greg to not delete the field just yet, to make it easier to merge things properly.) Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kernel/params.c: fix lying comment for param_array()Bert Wesarg2007-05-08
| | | | | | | | | 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 <wesarg@informatik.uni-halle.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer neededGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-05-02
| | | | | | | | | | | 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 <gregkh@suse.de>
* [PATCH] fix kernel oops with badly formatted module optionRandy Dunlap2007-04-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | 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 <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Revert "Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent"Greg Kroah-Hartman2007-02-23
| | | | | | | | | | | 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 <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* sysfs: fix build errors: uevent with CONFIG_SYSFS=nRandy Dunlap2007-02-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-ueventKay Sievers2007-02-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* /sys/modules/*/holdersKay Sievers2007-02-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /sys/module/usbcore/ |-- drivers | |-- usb:hub -> ../../../subsystem/usb/drivers/hub | |-- usb:usb -> ../../../subsystem/usb/drivers/usb | `-- usb:usbfs -> ../../../subsystem/usb/drivers/usbfs |-- holders | |-- ehci_hcd -> ../../../module/ehci_hcd | |-- uhci_hcd -> ../../../module/uhci_hcd | |-- usb_storage -> ../../../module/usb_storage | `-- usbhid -> ../../../module/usbhid |-- initstate Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Modules: only add drivers/ direcory if neededGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-02-07
| | | | | | | | | This changes the module core to only create the drivers/ directory if we are going to put something in it. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* MODULES: add the module name for built in kernel driversKay Sievers2007-02-07
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* [PATCH] kernelparams: detect if and which parameter parsing enabled irq'sArd van Breemen2007-01-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The parsing of some kernel parameters seem to enable irq's at a stage that irq's are not supposed to be enabled (Particularly the ide kernel parameters). Having irq's enabled before the irq controller is initialized might lead to a kernel panic. This patch only detects this behaviour and warns about wich parameter caused it. [akpm@osdl.org: cleanups] Signed-off-by: Ard van Breemen <ard@telegraafnet.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] module_subsys: initialize earlierMark Huang2006-09-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Initialize module_subsys earlier (or at least earlier than devices) since it could be used very early in the boot process if kmod loads a module before the device initcalls. Otherwise, kmod will crash in kernel/module.c:mod_sysfs_setup() since the kset in module_subsys is not initialized yet. I only noticed this problem because occasionally, kmod loads the modules for my SCSI and Ethernet adapters very early, during the boot process itself. I don't quite understand why it loads them sometimes and doesn't load them other times. Or who is telling kmod to do so. Can someone explain? Signed-off-by: Mark Huang <mlhuang@cs.princeton.edu> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kernel/params: driver layer error checkingRandy Dunlap2006-09-29
| | | | | | | | Check driver layer return values in kernel/params.c Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h>Jörn Engel2006-06-30
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* [PATCH] Change dash2underscore() return value to charEric Sesterhenn2006-03-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since dash2underscore() just operates and returns chars, I guess its safe to change the return value to a char. With my .config, this reduces its size by 5 bytes. text data bss dec hex filename 4155 152 0 4307 10d3 params.o.orig 4150 152 0 4302 10ce params.o Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make param_array() staticAdrian Bunk2006-03-25
| | | | | | | | param_array() in kernel/params.c can now become static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix module sysfs files reference countingGreg Kroah-Hartman2006-03-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The module files, refcnt, version, and srcversion did not properly increment the owner's module reference count, allowing the modules to be removed while the files were open, causing oopses. This patch fixes this, and also fixes the problem that the version and srcversion files were not showing up, unless CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD was enabled, which is not correct. Cc: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* [PATCH] kernel/params.c: fix sysfs access with CONFIG_MODULES=nJason Wessel2005-12-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | All the work was done to setup the file and maintain the file handles but the access functions were zeroed out due to the #ifdef. Removing the #ifdef allows full access to all the parameters when CONFIG_MODULES=n. akpm: put it back again, but use CONFIG_SYSFS instead. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix missing includesTim Schmielau2005-10-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I recently picked up my older work to remove unnecessary #includes of sched.h, starting from a patch by Dave Jones to not include sched.h from module.h. This reduces the number of indirect includes of sched.h by ~300. Another ~400 pointless direct includes can be removed after this disentangling (patch to follow later). However, quite a few indirect includes need to be fixed up for this. In order to feed the patches through -mm with as little disturbance as possible, I've split out the fixes I accumulated up to now (complete for i386 and x86_64, more archs to follow later) and post them before the real patch. This way this large part of the patch is kept simple with only adding #includes, and all hunks are independent of each other. So if any hunk rejects or gets in the way of other patches, just drop it. My scripts will pick it up again in the next round. Signed-off-by: Tim Schmielau <tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Ignore trailing whitespace on kernel parameters correctlyRusty Russell2005-09-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dave Jones says: ... if the modprobe.conf has trailing whitespace, modules fail to load with the following helpful message.. snd_intel8x0: Unknown parameter `' Previous version truncated last argument. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] introduce and use kzallocPekka J Enberg2005-09-07
| | | | | | | | | | This patch introduces a kzalloc wrapper and converts kernel/ to use it. It saves a little program text. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sysfs: (rest) if show/store is missing return -EIODmitry Torokhov2005-06-20
| | | | | | | | | sysfs: fix the rest of the kernel so if an attribute doesn't implement show or store method read/write will return -EIO instead of 0 or -EINVAL or -EPERM. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* [PATCH] kernel/param.c: don't use .max when .num is NULL in param_array_set()Bert Wesarg2005-04-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | there seems to be a bug, at least for me, in kernel/param.c for arrays with .num == NULL. If .num == NULL, the function param_array_set() uses &.max for the call to param_array(), wich alters the .max value to the number of arguments. The result is, you can't set more array arguments as the last time you set the parameter. example: # a module 'example' with # static int array[10] = { 0, }; # module_param_array(array, int, NULL, 0644); $ insmod example.ko array=1,2,3 $ cat /sys/module/example/parameters/array 1,2,3 $ echo "4,3,2,1" > /sys/module/example/parameters/array $ dmesg | tail -n 1 kernel: array: can take only 3 arguments Signed-off-by: Bert Wesarg <wesarg@informatik.uni-halle.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds2005-04-16
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!
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