Re: usb: replace __setup("nousb") with __module_param_call

From: Pete Zaitcev
Date: Thu Dec 22 2005 - 03:24:00 EST


On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:10:52 -0500, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 December 2005 17:15, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> > Fedora users complain that passing "nousbstorage" to the installer causes
> > the rest of the USB support to disappear. The installer uses kernel command
> > line as a way to pass options through Syslinux. The problem stems from the
> > use of strncmp() in obsolete_checksetup().

> I wonder if that strncmp() should be changed into something like
> this (untested):
>
> --- work.orig/init/main.c
> +++ work/init/main.c
> @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int __init obsolete_checksetup(ch
> p = __setup_start;
> do {
> int n = strlen(p->str);
> - if (!strncmp(line, p->str, n)) {
> + if (!strncmp(line, p->str, n) && !isalnum(line[n])) {
> if (p->early) {

Are you sure that your fix works well in case of __setup("foo=")?
It probably breaks all of those.

-- Pete
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