[PATCH][SBC8360] Re: Neverending module_param() bugs
From: Ian E. Morgan
Date: Tue Aug 29 2006 - 13:04:54 EST
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Can someone think of a way to explicitly tell driver author that last
> argument of module_param is PERMISSIONS, not default value? It's late
> here I can't. Preferably resulting in compilation failure.
>
> drivers/char/watchdog/sbc8360.c:203:module_param(timeout, int, 27);
Here's my fix for sbc8360, inlined and attached. Please merge.
Regards,
Ian Morgan
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--- linux-2.6.17.11/drivers/char/watchdog/sbc8360.c.orig 2006-08-29 12:55:26.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.17.11/drivers/char/watchdog/sbc8360.c 2006-08-29 12:58:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int wd_margin = 0xB;
static int wd_multiplier = 2;
static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
-module_param(timeout, int, 27);
+module_param(timeout, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Index into timeout table (0-63) (default=27 (60s))");
module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ module_exit(sbc8360_exit);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Ian E. Morgan <imorgan@xxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SBC8360 watchdog driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.01");
MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
/* end of sbc8360.c */--- linux-2.6.17.11/drivers/char/watchdog/sbc8360.c.orig 2006-08-29 12:55:26.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.17.11/drivers/char/watchdog/sbc8360.c 2006-08-29 12:58:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int wd_margin = 0xB;
static int wd_multiplier = 2;
static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
-module_param(timeout, int, 27);
+module_param(timeout, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Index into timeout table (0-63) (default=27 (60s))");
module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ module_exit(sbc8360_exit);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Ian E. Morgan <imorgan@xxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SBC8360 watchdog driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.01");
MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
/* end of sbc8360.c */