module_param: split perm field into flags and perm
Impact: cleanup
Rather than hack KPARAM_KMALLOCED into the perm field, separate it out.
Since the perm field was 32 bits and only needs 16, we don't add bloat.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 9bbca8e..009a5f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -36,9 +36,13 @@
/* Returns length written or -errno. Buffer is 4k (ie. be short!) */
typedef int (*param_get_fn)(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp);
+/* Flag bits for kernel_param.flags */
+#define KPARAM_KMALLOCED 1
+
struct kernel_param {
const char *name;
- unsigned int perm;
+ u16 perm;
+ u16 flags;
param_set_fn set;
param_get_fn get;
union {
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@
static struct kernel_param __moduleparam_const __param_##name \
__used \
__attribute__ ((unused,__section__ ("__param"),aligned(sizeof(void *)))) \
- = { __param_str_##name, perm, set, get, { arg } }
+ = { __param_str_##name, perm, 0, set, get, { arg } }
#define module_param_call(name, set, get, arg, perm) \
__module_param_call(MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX, name, set, get, arg, perm)