linux/kernel/params.c, branch v2.6.21-rc7

[PATCH] fix kernel oops with badly formatted module option

2007-04-12T22:31:41Z

Catch malformed kernel parameter usage of "param = value". Spaces are not supported, but don't cause a kernel fault on such usage, just report an error. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Larry Finger Acked-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Revert "Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent"

2007-02-23T22:54:57Z

This reverts commit c353c3fb0700a3c17ea2b0237710a184232ccd7f. It turns out that we end up with a loop trying to load the unix module and calling netfilter to do that. Will redo the patch later to not have this loop. Acked-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs: fix build errors: uevent with CONFIG_SYSFS=n

2007-02-16T23:19:18Z

Fix source files to build with CONFIG_SYSFS=n. module_subsys is not available. SYSFS=n, MODULES=y: T:y SYSFS=n, MODULES=n: T:y SYSFS=y, MODULES=y: T:y SYSFS=y, MODULES=n: T:y Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver core: let request_module() send a /sys/modules/kmod/-uevent

2007-02-16T23:19:15Z

On recent systems, calls to /sbin/modprobe are handled by udev depending on the kind of device the kernel has discovered. This patch creates an uevent for the kernels internal request_module(), to let udev take control over the request, instead of forking the binary directly by the kernel. The direct execution of /sbin/modprobe can be disabled by setting: /sys/module/kmod/mod_request_helper (/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe) to an empty string, the same way /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug is disabled on an udev system. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

/sys/modules/*/holders

2007-02-07T18:37:12Z

Modules: only add drivers/ direcory if needed

2007-02-07T18:37:12Z

This changes the module core to only create the drivers/ directory if we are going to put something in it. Cc: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

MODULES: add the module name for built in kernel drivers

2007-02-07T18:37:12Z

Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] kernelparams: detect if and which parameter parsing enabled irq's

2007-01-06T07:55:21Z

The parsing of some kernel parameters seem to enable irq's at a stage that irq's are not supposed to be enabled (Particularly the ide kernel parameters). Having irq's enabled before the irq controller is initialized might lead to a kernel panic. This patch only detects this behaviour and warns about wich parameter caused it. [akpm@osdl.org: cleanups] Signed-off-by: Ard van Breemen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] module_subsys: initialize earlier

2006-09-29T16:18:08Z

Initialize module_subsys earlier (or at least earlier than devices) since it could be used very early in the boot process if kmod loads a module before the device initcalls. Otherwise, kmod will crash in kernel/module.c:mod_sysfs_setup() since the kset in module_subsys is not initialized yet. I only noticed this problem because occasionally, kmod loads the modules for my SCSI and Ethernet adapters very early, during the boot process itself. I don't quite understand why it loads them sometimes and doesn't load them other times. Or who is telling kmod to do so. Can someone explain? Signed-off-by: Mark Huang Cc: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] kernel/params: driver layer error checking

2006-09-29T16:18:04Z

Check driver layer return values in kernel/params.c Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds