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Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:49:44 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Module parameters and __initdata

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 08:46:59 am Alan Stern wrote:
> Is the proper use of "__initdata" with module parameters documented 
> anywhere?
> 
> I'm running into problems with drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c, which 
> includes code such as this:
> 
> 
> static ushort __initdata bcdDevice;
> module_param(bcdDevice, ushort, S_IRUGO);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(bcdDevice, "USB Device version (BCD)");

You need to make perm 0.  You can't read it if it's freed after init!

Rusty.
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