linux-kernel - [PTACH] kernel/params.c: fix lying comment for param

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Message-id: <Pine.GSO.4.56.0704022241010.6377@turing>
Date:	Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:43:13 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Bert Wesarg <wesarg@...ormatik.uni-halle.de>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PTACH] kernel/params.c: fix lying comment for param_array()

From: Bert Wesarg <wesarg@...ormatik.uni-halle.de>

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@...ormatik.uni-halle.de>

---

PS: please CC me, because i'm not subscripted to this list

 kernel/params.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --quilt old/kernel/params.c new/kernel/params.c
--- old/kernel/params.c
+++ new/kernel/params.c
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ int param_get_invbool(char *buffer, stru

 	val = !*(int *)kp->arg;
 	return param_get_bool(buffer, &dummy);
 }

-/* We cheat here and temporarily mangle the string. */
+/* We break the rule and mangle the string. */
 static int param_array(const char *name,
 		       const char *val,
 		       unsigned int min, unsigned int max,
 		       void *elem, int elemsize,
 		       int (*set)(const char *, struct kernel_param *kp),
-
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