Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v4 2/7] moduleparam: add data member to struct kernel_param

2021-08-02 Thread jim . cromie
On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 10:18 AM Emil Velikov wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > On Sat, 31 Jul 2021 at 22:42, Jim Cromie wrote: > > > Use of this new data member will be rare, it might be worth redoing > > this as a separate/sub-type to keep the base case. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie > > --- > > incl

Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v4 2/7] moduleparam: add data member to struct kernel_param

2021-08-02 Thread Emil Velikov
Hi Jim, On Sat, 31 Jul 2021 at 22:42, Jim Cromie wrote: > Use of this new data member will be rare, it might be worth redoing > this as a separate/sub-type to keep the base case. > > Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie > --- > include/linux/moduleparam.h | 11 +-- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v4 2/7] moduleparam: add data member to struct kernel_param

2021-07-31 Thread Jim Cromie
Add a void* data member to the struct, to allow attaching private data that will be used soon by a setter method (via kp->data) to perform more elaborate actions. To attach the data at compile time, add new macros: module_param_cbd() derives from module_param_cb(), adding data param. It calls __mo