The moduleparam code allows modules to provide their own definition of
MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX, instead of using the default KBUILD_MODNAME ".".
Commit 730b69d22525 ("module: check kernel param length at compile time,
not runtime") added a check to ensure the prefix doesn't exceed
MODULE_NAME_LEN, as this is what param_sysfs_builtin() expects.
Later, commit 58f86cc89c33 ("VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS: stricter checking
for sysfs perms.") removed this check, but there is no indication this was
intentional.
Since the check is still useful for param_sysfs_builtin() to function
properly, reintroduce it in __module_param_call(), but in a modernized form
using static_assert().
While here, clean up the __module_param_call() comments. In particular,
remove the comment "Default value instead of permissions?", which comes
from commit 9774a1f54f17 ("[PATCH] Compile-time check re world-writeable
module params"). This comment was related to the test variable
__param_perm_check_##name, which was removed in the previously mentioned
commit 58f86cc89c33.
Fixes: 58f86cc89c33 ("VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS: stricter checking for sysfs
perms.")
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pa...@suse.com>
---
include/linux/moduleparam.h | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index bfb85fd13e1f..110e9d09de24 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -282,10 +282,9 @@ struct kparam_array
#define __moduleparam_const const
#endif
-/* This is the fundamental function for registering boot/module
- parameters. */
+/* This is the fundamental function for registering boot/module parameters. */
#define __module_param_call(prefix, name, ops, arg, perm, level, flags)
\
- /* Default value instead of permissions? */ \
+ static_assert(sizeof(""prefix) - 1 <= MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN); \
static const char __param_str_##name[] = prefix #name; \
static struct kernel_param __moduleparam_const __param_##name \
__used __section("__param") \
--
2.49.0
