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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/params.c | 52 |
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c index 458a09b886c..ef60db14fae 100644 --- a/kernel/params.c +++ b/kernel/params.c @@ -31,6 +31,45 @@ #define DEBUGP(fmt, a...) #endif +/* This just allows us to keep track of which parameters are kmalloced. */ +struct kmalloced_param { + struct list_head list; + char val[]; +}; +static DEFINE_MUTEX(param_lock); +static LIST_HEAD(kmalloced_params); + +static void *kmalloc_parameter(unsigned int size) +{ + struct kmalloced_param *p; + + p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p) + size, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!p) + return NULL; + + mutex_lock(¶m_lock); + list_add(&p->list, &kmalloced_params); + mutex_unlock(¶m_lock); + + return p->val; +} + +/* Does nothing if parameter wasn't kmalloced above. */ +static void maybe_kfree_parameter(void *param) +{ + struct kmalloced_param *p; + + mutex_lock(¶m_lock); + list_for_each_entry(p, &kmalloced_params, list) { + if (p->val == param) { + list_del(&p->list); + kfree(p); + break; + } + } + mutex_unlock(¶m_lock); +} + static inline char dash2underscore(char c) { if (c == '-') @@ -219,12 +258,15 @@ int param_set_charp(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp) return -ENOSPC; } - /* This is a hack. We can't need to strdup in early boot, and we + maybe_kfree_parameter(*(char **)kp->arg); + + /* This is a hack. We can't kmalloc in early boot, and we * don't need to; this mangled commandline is preserved. */ if (slab_is_available()) { - *(char **)kp->arg = kstrdup(val, GFP_KERNEL); + *(char **)kp->arg = kmalloc_parameter(strlen(val)+1); if (!*(char **)kp->arg) return -ENOMEM; + strcpy(*(char **)kp->arg, val); } else *(const char **)kp->arg = val; @@ -238,9 +280,15 @@ int param_get_charp(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_charp); +static void param_free_charp(void *arg) +{ + maybe_kfree_parameter(*((char **)arg)); +} + struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_charp = { .set = param_set_charp, .get = param_get_charp, + .free = param_free_charp, }; EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_charp); |