linux-kernel - [PULL] module and param

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Date:	Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:13:59 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Subject: [PULL] module and param

(Via github, returning to kernel.org is on my TODO list...)

The following changes since commit 1bf1aacedcda23c75e70fa3394e1caa6d4b5ee49:

  Merge branch 'samsung-fixes-4' of git://github.com/kgene/linux-samsung (2011-10-23 10:44:40 +0300)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://github.com/rustyrussell/linux.git master

Jiri Kosina (1):
      kmod: prevent kmod_loop_msg overflow in __request_module()

Michal Schmidt (1):
      params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal

 include/linux/moduleparam.h |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 init/main.c                 |    4 ++--
 kernel/kmod.c               |    4 +++-
 kernel/params.c             |   21 ++++++++++++++-------
 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

commit ea1c71de56fb2799da9d6f26778c7ddf5f42c4a3
Author: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 11:53:31 2011 +1030

    kmod: prevent kmod_loop_msg overflow in __request_module()
    
    Due to post-increment in condition of kmod_loop_msg in __request_module(),
    the system log can be spammed by much more than 5 instances of the 'runaway
    loop' message if the number of events triggering it makes the kmod_loop_msg
    to overflow.
    
    Fix that by making sure we never increment it past the threshold.
    
    Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
    Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
    CC: stable@...nel.org

 kernel/kmod.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

commit 14377d658e711ef2301db023370aeaa48a466401
Author: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 10 00:03:37 2011 +0200

    params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal
    
    The user may use "foo-bar" for a kernel parameter defined as "foo_bar".
    Make sure it works the other way around too.
    
    Apply the equality of dashes and underscores on early_params and __setup
    params as well.
    
    The example given in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt indicates that
    this is the intended behaviour.
    
    With the patch the kernel accepts "log-buf-len=1M" as expected.
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744545
    
    Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
    Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> (neatened implementations)

 include/linux/moduleparam.h |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 init/main.c                 |    4 ++--
 kernel/params.c             |   21 ++++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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