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-rw-r--r--include/linux/moduleparam.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/params.c17
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 6547c3cdbc4..82a9124f7d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ typedef int (*param_set_fn)(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp);
typedef int (*param_get_fn)(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp);
/* Flag bits for kernel_param.flags */
-#define KPARAM_KMALLOCED 1
#define KPARAM_ISBOOL 2
struct kernel_param {
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 9da58eabdcb..d656c276508 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,