Re: [PATCH 3/4] RAS/amd/fmpm: Make max_nr_entries read-only

From: Yazen Ghannam

Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 16:07:37 EST


On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 05:47:47PM +0800, Rui Qi wrote:
> max_nr_entries is used during module init to calculate max_rec_len.
> That length determines the size of each allocated FRU record and is not
> resized after init.
>
> Leaving the parameter writable lets a later sysfs write raise the runtime
> limit used by update_fru_record(), allowing entries beyond the allocated
> flexible array to be written.
>
> Expose the parameter as read-only so it can still be set at module load
> time, but cannot diverge from the allocation size afterwards.
>
> Fixes: 6f15e617cc99 ("RAS: Introduce a FRU memory poison manager")
> Signed-off-by: Rui Qi <qirui.001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ras/amd/fmpm.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ras/amd/fmpm.c b/drivers/ras/amd/fmpm.c
> index 0231163e2634..14a103de9d62 100644
> --- a/drivers/ras/amd/fmpm.c
> +++ b/drivers/ras/amd/fmpm.c
> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static struct dentry *fmpm_dfs_entries;
> * No input or '0' will default to FMPM_DEFAULT_MAX_NR_ENTRIES.
> */
> static u8 max_nr_entries;
> -module_param(max_nr_entries, byte, 0644);
> +module_param(max_nr_entries, byte, 0444);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_nr_entries,
> "Maximum number of memory poison descriptor entries per FRU");
>

Same minor feedback for the $SUBJECT prefix. Otherwise, this looks good
to me.

Reviewed-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Yazen