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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index f27c992a4625..b077f1b045d3 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -637,14 +637,14 @@ static void __init param_sysfs_builtin(void)
dot = strchr(kp->name, '.');
if (!dot) {
- DEBUGP("couldn't find period in first %d characters "
- "of %s\n", MODULE_NAME_LEN, kp->name);
- continue;
+ /* This happens for core_param() */
+ strcpy(modname, "kernel");
+ name_len = 0;
+ } else {
+ name_len = dot - kp->name + 1;
+ strlcpy(modname, kp->name, name_len);
}
- name_len = dot - kp->name;
- strncpy(modname, kp->name, name_len);
- modname[name_len] = '\0';
- kernel_add_sysfs_param(modname, kp, name_len+1);
+ kernel_add_sysfs_param(modname, kp, name_len);
}
}