* [PATCH 1/2] MODULE_PARM must die: make it warn first.
@ 2004-10-20 7:42 Rusty Russell
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From: Rusty Russell @ 2004-10-20 7:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: lkml - Kernel Mailing List
Name: Warn on use of MODULE_PARM
Status: Trivial
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
This patch adds a warning whenever MODULE_PARM is used. Successive
patches change them over to module_param. Help appreciated!
diff -urpN --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal .22800-linux-2.6-bk/include/linux/module.h .22800-linux-2.6-bk.updated/include/linux/module.h
--- .22800-linux-2.6-bk/include/linux/module.h 2004-10-20 15:15:30.000000000 +1000
+++ .22800-linux-2.6-bk.updated/include/linux/module.h 2004-10-20 17:11:39.000000000 +1000
@@ -562,13 +562,15 @@ struct obsolete_modparm {
char type[64-sizeof(void *)];
void *addr;
};
+
+extern void __deprecated MODULE_PARM_(void);
#ifdef MODULE
/* DEPRECATED: Do not use. */
#define MODULE_PARM(var,type) \
struct obsolete_modparm __parm_##var __attribute__((section("__obsparm"))) = \
-{ __stringify(var), type };
+{ __stringify(var), type, &MODULE_PARM_ };
#else
-#define MODULE_PARM(var,type)
+#define MODULE_PARM(var,type) static void __attribute_unused__ *__parm_##var = &MODULE_PARM_;
#endif
#define __MODULE_STRING(x) __stringify(x)
--
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