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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] linux: adjust Solarflare module_param() permissi

To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] linux: adjust Solarflare module_param() permissions
From: Kieran Mansley <kmansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:54:51 +0000
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On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 09:01 +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Using permissions with bit 1 set (i.e. 0666) is prohibited on module
> parameters on 2.6.20+. Presumably it was never meant to permit writes
> by everyone?

Correct, sorry - due my being lazy when first writing the code and
forgetting to do it properly later.

This is a good change, but the patch will conflict with the earlier fix
to prevent the module parameter names clashing when statically compiled.
Attached is a re-spin that should apply cleanly to the staging tree.

Signed-off-by Kieran Mansley <kmansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff -r 0569bf9338ba drivers/xen/sfc_netback/accel.c
--- a/drivers/xen/sfc_netback/accel.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/sfc_netback/accel.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static struct notifier_block netback_acc
 
 
 unsigned sfc_netback_max_pages = NETBACK_ACCEL_DEFAULT_MAX_BUF_PAGES;
-module_param_named(max_pages, sfc_netback_max_pages, uint, 0666);
+module_param_named(max_pages, sfc_netback_max_pages, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_pages, 
                 "The number of buffer pages to enforce on each guest");
 
diff -r 0569bf9338ba drivers/xen/sfc_netfront/accel_netfront.c
--- a/drivers/xen/sfc_netfront/accel_netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/sfc_netfront/accel_netfront.c
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ struct netfront_accel_hooks accel_hooks 
 
 
 unsigned sfc_netfront_max_pages = NETFRONT_ACCEL_DEFAULT_BUF_PAGES;
-module_param_named (max_pages, sfc_netfront_max_pages, uint, 0666);
+module_param_named (max_pages, sfc_netfront_max_pages, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_pages, "Number of buffer pages to request");
 
 unsigned sfc_netfront_buffer_split = 2;
-module_param_named (buffer_split, sfc_netfront_buffer_split, uint,
0666);
+module_param_named (buffer_split, sfc_netfront_buffer_split, uint,
0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(buffer_split, 
                 "Fraction of buffers to use for TX, rest for RX");
 

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