linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 4/8] forcedeth: expose module parameters in /sys/module

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Date:	Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:33:59 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	David Decotigny <david.decotigny@...gle.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Szymon Janc <szymon@...c.net.pl>,
	Richard Jones <rick.jones2@...com>,
	Ayaz Abdulla <AAbdulla@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 4/8] forcedeth: expose module parameters in
 /sys/module

On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:25:37 -0800
David Decotigny <david.decotigny@...gle.com> wrote:

> +module_param(msi, int, S_IRUGO);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(msi, "MSI interrupts are enabled by setting to 1 and disabled by setting to 0.");
> -module_param(msix, int, 0);
> +module_param(msix, int, S_IRUGO);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(msix, "MSIX interrupts are enabled by setting to 1 and disabled by setting to 0.");
> -module_param(dma_64bit, int, 0);
> +module_param(dma_64bit, int, S_IRUGO);

Once again these attributes are visible through other means (/proc/interrupts for MSI)
and the 64bit dma is NETIF_F_HIGHDMA. They shouldn't be module parameters.
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