#ifndef _LINUX_MODULE_PARAMS_H #define _LINUX_MODULE_PARAMS_H /* (C) Copyright 2001, 2002 Rusty Russell IBM Corporation */ #include /** * module_param - typesafe helper for a module/cmdline parameter * @value: the variable to alter, and exposed parameter name. * @type: the type of the parameter * @perm: visibility in sysfs. * * @value becomes the module parameter, or (prefixed by KBUILD_MODNAME and a * ".") the kernel commandline parameter. Note that - is changed to _, so * the user can use "foo-bar=1" even for variable "foo_bar". * * @perm is 0 if the the variable is not to appear in sysfs, or 0444 * for world-readable, 0644 for root-writable, etc. Note that if it * is writable, you may need to use kernel_param_lock() around * accesses (esp. charp, which can be kfreed when it changes). * * The @type is simply pasted to refer to a param_ops_##type and a * param_check_##type: for convenience many standard types are provided but * you can create your own by defining those variables. * * Standard types are: * byte, short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong * charp: a character pointer * bool: a bool, values 0/1, y/n, Y/N. * invbool: the above, only sense-reversed (N = true). */ #define module_param(name, type, perm) \ module_param_named(name, name, type, perm) /** * module_param_unsafe - same as module_param but taints kernel */ #define module_param_unsafe(name, type, perm) \ module_param_named_unsafe(name, name, type, perm) /** * module_param_named - typesafe helper for a renamed module/cmdline parameter * @name: a valid C identifier which is the parameter name. * @value: the actual lvalue to alter. * @type: the type of the parameter * @perm: visibility in sysfs. * * Usually it's a good idea to have variable names and user-exposed names the * same, but that's harder if the variable must be non-static or is inside a * structure. This allows exposure under a different name. */ #define module_param_named(name, value, type, perm) /** * module_param_named_unsafe - same as module_param_named but taints kernel */ #define module_param_named_unsafe(name, value, type, perm) #define MODULE_PARM_DESC(_parm, desc) #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS extern void kernel_param_lock(struct module *mod); extern void kernel_param_unlock(struct module *mod); #else static inline void kernel_param_lock(struct module *mod) { } static inline void kernel_param_unlock(struct module *mod) { } #endif #endif