linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] param: don't make the kernel

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Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:58:04 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] param: don't make the kernel_param's const

In the case of charp params written via sysfs, we modify the flags word.
On platforms where ro data is protected, this causes a fault.

Better is to get rid of that flags modification, but that patch series is
non-trivial.

Reported-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct kparam_array
 	BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perm) < 0 || (perm) > 0777 || ((perm) & 2))	\
 	+ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(sizeof(""prefix) > MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN);	\
 	static const char __param_str_##name[] = prefix #name;		\
-	static struct kernel_param __moduleparam_const __param_##name	\
+	static struct kernel_param __param_##name			\
 	__used								\
     __attribute__ ((unused,__section__ ("__param"),aligned(sizeof(void *)))) \
 	= { __param_str_##name, perm, isbool ? KPARAM_ISBOOL : 0,	\
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