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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-10-29 09:18:20 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-10-29 09:18:20 -0700
commit9532faeb293f5a5f0ff06f567de14e557698dbde (patch)
tree46319ff2506340b56b34801e3a722bbaf28d55bf /kernel
parentadd810a1c58ba9edb6076ababe5861f36c049217 (diff)
parent3c7d76e371ac1a3802ae1673f5c63554af59325c (diff)
downloadlinux-9532faeb293f5a5f0ff06f567de14e557698dbde.tar.bz2
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-param-fixes
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-param-fixes: param: fix setting arrays of bool param: fix NULL comparison on oom param: fix lots of bugs with writing charp params from sysfs, by leaking mem.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/params.c17
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 9da58eabdcb2..d656c276508d 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -218,15 +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;
@@ -304,6 +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;
@@ -313,6 +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) {
@@ -358,7 +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)
@@ -605,11 +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,