#define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX KBUILD_MODNAME "."
#endif
+/* Chosen so that structs with an unsigned long line up. */
+#define MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN (64 - sizeof(unsigned long))
+
#ifdef MODULE
#define ___module_cat(a,b) __mod_ ## a ## b
#define __module_cat(a,b) ___module_cat(a,b)
#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info) \
static const char __module_cat(name,__LINE__)[] \
- __attribute_used__ \
+ __used \
__attribute__((section(".modinfo"),unused)) = __stringify(tag) "=" info
#else /* !MODULE */
#define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)
void *elem;
};
+/* On alpha, ia64 and ppc64 relocations to global data cannot go into
+ read-only sections (which is part of respective UNIX ABI on these
+ platforms). So 'const' makes no sense and even causes compile failures
+ with some compilers. */
+#if defined(CONFIG_ALPHA) || defined(CONFIG_IA64) || defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
+#define __moduleparam_const
+#else
+#define __moduleparam_const const
+#endif
+
/* This is the fundamental function for registering boot/module
parameters. perm sets the visibility in sysfs: 000 means it's
not there, read bits mean it's readable, write bits mean it's
#define __module_param_call(prefix, name, set, get, arg, perm) \
/* Default value instead of permissions? */ \
static int __param_perm_check_##name __attribute__((unused)) = \
- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perm) < 0 || (perm) > 0777 || ((perm) & 2)); \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perm) < 0 || (perm) > 0777 || ((perm) & 2)) \
+ + BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(sizeof(""prefix) > MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN); \
static const char __param_str_##name[] = prefix #name; \
- static struct kernel_param const __param_##name \
- __attribute_used__ \
+ static struct kernel_param __moduleparam_const __param_##name \
+ __used \
__attribute__ ((unused,__section__ ("__param"),aligned(sizeof(void *)))) \
= { __param_str_##name, perm, set, get, { arg } }
#define module_param(name, type, perm) \
module_param_named(name, name, type, perm)
+#ifndef MODULE
+/**
+ * core_param - define a historical core kernel parameter.
+ * @name: the name of the cmdline and sysfs parameter (often the same as var)
+ * @var: the variable
+ * @type: the type (for param_set_##type and param_get_##type)
+ * @perm: visibility in sysfs
+ *
+ * core_param is just like module_param(), but cannot be modular and
+ * doesn't add a prefix (such as "printk."). This is for compatibility
+ * with __setup(), and it makes sense as truly core parameters aren't
+ * tied to the particular file they're in.
+ */
+#define core_param(name, var, type, perm) \
+ param_check_##type(name, &(var)); \
+ __module_param_call("", name, param_set_##type, param_get_##type, \
+ &var, perm)
+#endif /* !MODULE */
+
/* Actually copy string: maxlen param is usually sizeof(string). */
#define module_param_string(name, string, len, perm) \
static const struct kparam_string __param_string_##name \