kernel/linux.git/include/linux/moduleparam.h, branch v5.10.257

module: Restore the moduleparam prefix length check

2025-08-28T14:22:35+00:00

[ Upstream commit bdc877ba6b7ff1b6d2ebeff11e63da4a50a54854 ] The moduleparam code allows modules to provide their own definition of MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX, instead of using the default KBUILD_MODNAME ".". Commit 730b69d22525 ("module: check kernel param length at compile time, not runtime") added a check to ensure the prefix doesn't exceed MODULE_NAME_LEN, as this is what param_sysfs_builtin() expects. Later, commit 58f86cc89c33 ("VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS: stricter checking for sysfs perms.") removed this check, but there is no indication this was intentional. Since the check is still useful for param_sysfs_builtin() to function properly, reintroduce it in __module_param_call(), but in a modernized form using static_assert(). While here, clean up the __module_param_call() comments. In particular, remove the comment "Default value instead of permissions?", which comes from commit 9774a1f54f17 ("[PATCH] Compile-time check re world-writeable module params"). This comment was related to the test variable __param_perm_check_##name, which was removed in the previously mentioned commit 58f86cc89c33. Fixes: 58f86cc89c33 ("VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS: stricter checking for sysfs perms.") Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu Reviewed-by: Daniel Gomez Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250630143535.267745-4-petr.pavlu@suse.com Signed-off-by: Daniel Gomez Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

params: lift param_set_uint_minmax to common code

2024-06-16T11:32:26+00:00

[ Upstream commit 2a14c9ae15a38148484a128b84bff7e9ffd90d68 ] It is a useful helper hence move it to common code so others can enjoy it. Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Signed-off-by: Sagi Grimberg Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Stable-dep-of: 3ebc46ca8675 ("tcp: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dctcp_update_alpha().") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

treewide: Convert macro and uses of section(foo) to section("foo")

2020-10-25T21:51:49+00:00

Use a more generic form for __section that requires quotes to avoid complications with clang and gcc differences. Remove the quote operator # from compiler_attributes.h __section macro. Convert all unquoted __section(foo) uses to quoted __section("foo"). Also convert __attribute__((section("foo"))) uses to __section("foo") even if the __attribute__ has multiple list entry forms. Conversion done using the script at: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/75393e5ddc272dc7403de74d645e6c6e0f4e70eb.camel@perches.com/2-convert_section.pl Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge v5.9-rc1 into drm-misc-next

2020-08-18T12:14:25+00:00

Sam needs 5.9-rc1 to have dev_err_probe in to merge some patches. Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard

moduleparams: Add hexint type parameter

2020-07-28T11:44:53+00:00

For bitmasks printing values in hex is more convenient. Prefix with `0x` to make it clear, that it’s a hex value, and pad it out. Using the helper for `amdgpu.ppfeaturemask`, it will look like below. Before: $ more /sys/module/amdgpu/parameters/ppfeaturemask 4294950911 After: $ more /sys/module/amdgpu/parameters/ppfeaturemask 0xffffbfff Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel Acked-by: Linus Torvalds Reviewed-by: Christian König Signed-off-by: Christian König Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/374726/

modules: linux/moduleparam.h: drop duplicated word in a comment

2020-07-20T08:39:54+00:00

Drop the doubled word "the" in a comment. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Jessica Yu Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu

moduleparam: fix kerneldoc

2019-12-09T09:55:03+00:00

Document missing @arg in xxx_param_cb(). Describe all parameters of module_param_[named_]unsafe() and all *_param_cb() to make ./scripts/kernel-doc happy. Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Tested-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Fabien Dessenne Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu

moduleparam: fix parameter description mismatch

2019-11-07T14:11:48+00:00

The first parameter of module_param is @name, but @value is used in description. Fix it. Fixes: 546970bc6afc ("param: add kerneldoc to moduleparam.h") Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu

moduleparam: Save information about built-in modules in separate file

2019-05-07T12:50:24+00:00

Problem: When a kernel module is compiled as a separate module, some important information about the kernel module is available via .modinfo section of the module. In contrast, when the kernel module is compiled into the kernel, that information is not available. Information about built-in modules is necessary in the following cases: 1. When it is necessary to find out what additional parameters can be passed to the kernel at boot time. 2. When you need to know which module names and their aliases are in the kernel. This is very useful for creating an initrd image. Proposal: The proposed patch does not remove .modinfo section with module information from the vmlinux at the build time and saves it into a separate file after kernel linking. So, the kernel does not increase in size and no additional information remains in it. Information is stored in the same format as in the separate modules (null-terminated string array). Because the .modinfo section is already exported with a separate modules, we are not creating a new API. It can be easily read in the userspace: $ tr '\0' '\n' < modules.builtin.modinfo ext4.softdep=pre: crc32c ext4.license=GPL ext4.description=Fourth Extended Filesystem ext4.author=Remy Card, Stephen Tweedie, Andrew Morton, Andreas Dilger, Theodore Ts'o and others ext4.alias=fs-ext4 ext4.alias=ext3 ext4.alias=fs-ext3 ext4.alias=ext2 ext4.alias=fs-ext2 md_mod.alias=block-major-9-* md_mod.alias=md md_mod.description=MD RAID framework md_mod.license=GPL md_mod.parmtype=create_on_open:bool md_mod.parmtype=start_dirty_degraded:int ... Co-Developed-by: Gleb Fotengauer-Malinovskiy Signed-off-by: Gleb Fotengauer-Malinovskiy Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov Acked-by: Jessica Yu Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

Merge tag 'modules-for-v4.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux

2017-11-15T21:46:33+00:00

Pull module updates from Jessica Yu: "Summary of modules changes for the 4.15 merge window: - treewide module_param_call() cleanup, fix up set/get function prototype mismatches, from Kees Cook - minor code cleanups" * tag 'modules-for-v4.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux: module: Do not paper over type mismatches in module_param_call() treewide: Fix function prototypes for module_param_call() module: Prepare to convert all module_param_call() prototypes kernel/module: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in add_module_usage()