linux-kernel - [QUEUED v20160420 03/19] stm class: dummy_stm: Make nr

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:43:16 +0300
From:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
	Chunyan Zhang <zhang.chunyan@...aro.org>,
	laurent.fert@...el.com, yann.fouassier@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [QUEUED v20160420 03/19] stm class: dummy_stm: Make nr_dummies parameter read-only

Changing nr_dummies after the module has been loaded doesn't actually
change anything, so just make it read-only.

Reported-by: Alan Cox <alan.cox@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Fert <laurent.fert@...el.com>
---
 drivers/hwtracing/stm/dummy_stm.c | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/dummy_stm.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/dummy_stm.c
index 310adf57e7..a86612d989 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/dummy_stm.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/dummy_stm.c
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ static struct stm_data dummy_stm[DUMMY_STM_MAX];
 
 static int nr_dummies = 4;
 
-module_param(nr_dummies, int, 0600);
-
-static unsigned int dummy_stm_nr;
+module_param(nr_dummies, int, 0400);
 
 static unsigned int fail_mode;
 
@@ -65,12 +63,12 @@ static int dummy_stm_link(struct stm_data *data, unsigned int master,
 
 static int dummy_stm_init(void)
 {
-	int i, ret = -ENOMEM, __nr_dummies = ACCESS_ONCE(nr_dummies);
+	int i, ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (__nr_dummies < 0 || __nr_dummies > DUMMY_STM_MAX)
+	if (nr_dummies < 0 || nr_dummies > DUMMY_STM_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < __nr_dummies; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_dummies; i++) {
 		dummy_stm[i].name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "dummy_stm.%d", i);
 		if (!dummy_stm[i].name)
 			goto fail_unregister;
@@ -86,8 +84,6 @@ static int dummy_stm_init(void)
 			goto fail_free;
 	}
 
-	dummy_stm_nr = __nr_dummies;
-
 	return 0;
 
 fail_unregister:
@@ -105,7 +101,7 @@ static void dummy_stm_exit(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < dummy_stm_nr; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_dummies; i++) {
 		stm_unregister_device(&dummy_stm[i]);
 		kfree(dummy_stm[i].name);
 	}
-- 
2.8.0.rc3