linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Module info.

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Message-ID: <20180213174950.GC22401@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:49:50 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>
Cc:     wim@...ux-watchdog.org, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rwright@....com,
        maurice.a.saldivar@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Module info.

On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 10:21:05PM -0700, Jerry Hoemann wrote:
> Update Module Author and permission on parameters so that the
> parameters show up in sysfs.
> 

Does it really add value to see the module parameters in sysfs ?
You would get both in standardized form by enabling WATCHDOG_SYSFS.

> Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
> index ee9a92220ece..dead59f9ca80 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
> @@ -432,20 +432,20 @@ static struct pci_driver hpwdt_driver = {
>  	.remove		= hpwdt_exit,
>  };
>  
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Tom Mingarelli");
> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("hp watchdog driver");
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Jerry Hoemann");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("hpe watchdog driver");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_VERSION(HPWDT_VERSION);
>  
> -module_param(soft_margin, int, 0);
> +module_param(soft_margin, int, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin, "Watchdog timeout in seconds");
>  
> -module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
> +module_param(nowayout, bool, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
>  		__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HPWDT_NMI_DECODING	/* { */
> -module_param(allow_kdump, int, 0);
> +module_param(allow_kdump, int, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(allow_kdump, "Start a kernel dump after NMI occurs");
>  #endif					/* } */
>  
> -- 
> 2.13.6
> 
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