linux-kernel - [017/115] USB: g_printer: fix bug in module parameter definitions

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Message-Id: <20110216014656.009937718@clark.kroah.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:44:43 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Roland Kletzing <devzero@....de>,
	"Craig W. Nadler" <craig@...ler.us>
Subject: [017/115] USB: g_printer: fix bug in module parameter definitions

2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>

commit ad84e4a9efb7c8ed322bafb6ebdb9c3a49a3d3a8 upstream.

This patch (as1442) fixes a bug in g_printer: Module parameters should
not be marked "__initdata" if they are accessible in sysfs (i.e., if
the mode value in the module_param() macro is nonzero).  Otherwise
attempts to access the parameters will cause addressing violations.

Character-string module parameters must not be marked "__initdata"
if the module can be unloaded, because the kernel needs to access the
parameter variable at unload time in order to free the
dynamically-allocated string.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
CC: Roland Kletzing <devzero@....de>
CC: Craig W. Nadler <craig@...ler.us>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c |   14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
@@ -130,31 +130,31 @@ static struct printer_dev usb_printer_ga
  * parameters are in UTF-8 (superset of ASCII's 7 bit characters).
  */
 
-static ushort __initdata idVendor;
+static ushort idVendor;
 module_param(idVendor, ushort, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(idVendor, "USB Vendor ID");
 
-static ushort __initdata idProduct;
+static ushort idProduct;
 module_param(idProduct, ushort, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(idProduct, "USB Product ID");
 
-static ushort __initdata bcdDevice;
+static ushort bcdDevice;
 module_param(bcdDevice, ushort, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(bcdDevice, "USB Device version (BCD)");
 
-static char *__initdata iManufacturer;
+static char *iManufacturer;
 module_param(iManufacturer, charp, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(iManufacturer, "USB Manufacturer string");
 
-static char *__initdata iProduct;
+static char *iProduct;
 module_param(iProduct, charp, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(iProduct, "USB Product string");
 
-static char *__initdata iSerialNum;
+static char *iSerialNum;
 module_param(iSerialNum, charp, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(iSerialNum, "1");
 
-static char *__initdata iPNPstring;
+static char *iPNPstring;
 module_param(iPNPstring, charp, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(iPNPstring, "MFG:linux;MDL:g_printer;CLS:PRINTER;SN:1;");
 


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