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Date:   Mon, 2 Aug 2021 17:18:41 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/7] moduleparam: add data member to struct kernel_param
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Hi Jim,

On Sat, 31 Jul 2021 at 22:42, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> wrote:

> Use of this new data member will be rare, it might be worth redoing
> this as a separate/sub-type to keep the base case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/moduleparam.h | 11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
> index eed280fae433..e9495b1e794d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
> +++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
> @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct kernel_param {
>                 const struct kparam_string *str;
>                 const struct kparam_array *arr;
>         };
> +       void *data;

Might as well make this "const void *" since it is a compile-time constant?

-Emil