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SubjectRe: kernel param and KBUILD_MODNAME name-munging mess
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In message <15918.28753.632988.981832@harpo.it.uu.se> you write:
> That's a workaround for this particular case, but the name-munging
> is still wrong and broken.

Absolutely agreed. Patch re-xmitted below.

Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.

Name: Avoid mangling - in parameters
Author: Rusty Russell
Status: Trivial (tested in userspace framework)

D: Mikael Pettersson points out that "-s" gets mangled to "_s" on the
D: kernel command line, even though it turns out not to be a
D: parameter.

diff -urpN --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.5.59/kernel/params.c working-2.5.59-underscore/kernel/params.c
--- linux-2.5.59/kernel/params.c 2003-01-02 14:48:01.000000000 +1100
+++ working-2.5.59-underscore/kernel/params.c 2003-01-21 18:16:05.000000000 +1100
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@
#define DEBUGP(fmt, a...)
#endif

+static inline int dash2underscore(char c)
+{
+ if (c == '-')
+ return '_';
+ return c;
+}
+
+static inline int parameq(const char *input, const char *paramname)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+ for (i = 0; dash2underscore(input[i]) == paramname[i]; i++)
+ if (input[i] == '\0')
+ return 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int parse_one(char *param,
char *val,
struct kernel_param *params,
@@ -37,7 +53,7 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,

/* Find parameter */
for (i = 0; i < num_params; i++) {
- if (strcmp(param, params[i].name) == 0) {
+ if (parameq(param, params[i].name)) {
DEBUGP("They are equal! Calling %p\n",
params[i].set);
return params[i].set(val, &params[i]);
@@ -69,8 +85,6 @@ static char *next_arg(char *args, char *
if (equals == 0) {
if (args[i] == '=')
equals = i;
- else if (args[i] == '-')
- args[i] = '_';
}
if (args[i] == '"')
in_quote = !in_quote;
-
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