This patch make sure to export module parameters even the permission
is zero, this is useful for some platforms like Android,
the init process can change the parameter mode/owner by
chmod/chown during bootup
Signed-off-by: Yalin Wang <yalin.w...@sonymobile.com>
---
kernel/params.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index bd65d136..aa80c04 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -607,9 +607,6 @@ static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject
*mk,
struct attribute **new_attrs;
unsigned int i;
- /* We don't bother calling this with invisible parameters. */
- BUG_ON(!kp->perm);
-
if (!mk->mp) {
/* First allocation. */
mk->mp = kzalloc(sizeof(*mk->mp), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -812,9 +809,6 @@ static void __init param_sysfs_builtin(void)
for (kp = __start___param; kp < __stop___param; kp++) {
char *dot;
- if (kp->perm == 0)
- continue;
-
dot = strchr(kp->name, '.');
if (!dot) {
/* This happens for core_param() */
--
2.1.3
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