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| author |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-10-26 14:39:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-10-26 14:39:47 +0200 |
| commit | 2355e4290336fcda4b4a799448f745155a000226 (patch) | |
| tree | 81814353573f5a47ac8f96d75221cfee46a0f92c /include | |
| parent | Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://github.com/ericvh/linux (diff) | |
| parent | params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-2355e4290336fcda4b4a799448f745155a000226.tar.xz linux-dev-2355e4290336fcda4b4a799448f745155a000226.zip | |
Merge git://github.com/rustyrussell/linux
* git://github.com/rustyrussell/linux:
params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal
kmod: prevent kmod_loop_msg overflow in __request_module()
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/moduleparam.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h index ddaae98c53f9..fffb10bd5514 100644 --- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h +++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h @@ -262,6 +262,26 @@ static inline void __kernel_param_unlock(void) .str = &__param_string_##name, 0, perm); \ __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(name, "string") +/** + * parameq - checks if two parameter names match + * @name1: parameter name 1 + * @name2: parameter name 2 + * + * Returns true if the two parameter names are equal. + * Dashes (-) are considered equal to underscores (_). + */ +extern bool parameq(const char *name1, const char *name2); + +/** + * parameqn - checks if two parameter names match + * @name1: parameter name 1 + * @name2: parameter name 2 + * @n: the length to compare + * + * Similar to parameq(), except it compares @n characters. + */ +extern bool parameqn(const char *name1, const char *name2, size_t n); + /* Called on module insert or kernel boot */ extern int parse_args(const char *name, char *args, |