Merge branch 'params' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus

* 'params' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus: (22 commits)
  param: don't deref arg in __same_type() checks
  param: update drivers/acpi/debug.c to new scheme
  param: use module_param in drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
  ide: use module_param_named rather than module_param_call
  param: update drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c to new scheme
  param: lock if_sdio's lbs_helper_name and lbs_fw_name against sysfs changes.
  param: lock myri10ge_fw_name against sysfs changes.
  param: simple locking for sysfs-writable charp parameters
  param: remove unnecessary writable charp
  param: add kerneldoc to moduleparam.h
  param: locking for kernel parameters
  param: make param sections const.
  param: use free hook for charp (fix leak of charp parameters)
  param: add a free hook to kernel_param_ops.
  param: silence .init.text references from param ops
  Add param ops struct for hvc_iucv driver.
  nfs: update for module_param_named API change
  AppArmor: update for module_param_named API change
  param: use ops in struct kernel_param, rather than get and set fns directly
  param: move the EXPORT_SYMBOL to after the definitions.
  ...

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
index 4cd071adf84b..17a806f9ee77 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id rtl8192_pci_id_tbl[] __devinitdata = {
 	{}
 };
 
-static char* ifname = "wlan%d";
+static char ifname[IFNAMSIZ] = "wlan%d";
 static int hwwep = 1; //default use hw. set 0 to use software security
 static int channels = 0x3fff;
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, rtl8192_pci_id_tbl);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux driver for Realtek RTL819x WiFi cards");
 
 
-module_param(ifname, charp, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR );
+module_param_string(ifname, ifname, sizeof(ifname), S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
 //module_param(hwseqnum,int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
 module_param(hwwep,int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
 module_param(channels,int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
@@ -6446,7 +6446,7 @@ static int __devinit rtl8192_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	if (dev_alloc_name(dev, ifname) < 0){
                 RT_TRACE(COMP_INIT, "Oops: devname already taken! Trying wlan%%d...\n");
-		ifname = "wlan%d";
+		strcpy(ifname, "wlan%d");
 		dev_alloc_name(dev, ifname);
         }