kernel/param: consolidate __{start,stop}___param[] in <linux/moduleparam.h>

Consolidate the various external const and non-const declarations of
__start___param[] and __stop___param in <linux/moduleparam.h>.  This
requires making a few struct kernel_param pointers in kernel/params.c
const.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index b43f475..1c9effa 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ struct kernel_param {
        };
 };
 
+extern const struct kernel_param __start___param[], __stop___param[];
+
 /* Special one for strings we want to copy into */
 struct kparam_string {
        unsigned int maxlen;

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 89ec862..800a0da 100644 (file)
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 {
        char *command_line;
        char *after_dashes;
-       extern const struct kernel_param __start___param[], __stop___param[];
 
        /*
         * Need to run as early as possible, to initialize the
@@ -844,7 +843,6 @@ static char *initcall_level_names[] __initdata = {
 
 static void __init do_initcall_level(int level)
 {
-       extern const struct kernel_param __start___param[], __stop___param[];
        initcall_t *fn;
 
        strcpy(initcall_command_line, saved_command_line);

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 041b589..db97b79 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -513,8 +514,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_string);
 #define to_module_attr(n) container_of(n, struct module_attribute, attr)
 #define to_module_kobject(n) container_of(n, struct module_kobject, kobj)
 
-extern struct kernel_param __start___param[], __stop___param[];
-
 struct param_attribute
 {
        struct module_attribute mattr;
@@ -774,7 +773,7 @@ static struct module_kobject * __init locate_module_kobject(const char *name)
 }
 
 static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,
-                                         struct kernel_param *kparam,
+                                         const struct kernel_param *kparam,
                                          unsigned int name_skip)
 {
        struct module_kobject *mk;
@@ -809,7 +808,7 @@ static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,
  */
 static void __init param_sysfs_builtin(void)
 {
-       struct kernel_param *kp;
+       const struct kernel_param *kp;
        unsigned int name_len;
        char modname[MODULE_NAME_LEN];