Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-param-fixes

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-param-fixes:
  param: fix setting arrays of bool
  param: fix NULL comparison on oom
  param: fix lots of bugs with writing charp params from sysfs, by leaking mem.

include/linux/moduleparam.h

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ typedef int (*param_set_fn)(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp);
 typedef int (*param_get_fn)(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp);
 
 /* Flag bits for kernel_param.flags */
-#define KPARAM_KMALLOCED	1
 #define KPARAM_ISBOOL		2
 
 struct kernel_param {

kernel/params.c

@@ -218,15 +218,11 @@ int param_set_charp(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
-	if (kp->flags & KPARAM_KMALLOCED)
-		kfree(*(char **)kp->arg);
-
 	/* This is a hack.  We can't need to strdup in early boot, and we
 	 * don't need to; this mangled commandline is preserved. */
 	if (slab_is_available()) {
-		kp->flags |= KPARAM_KMALLOCED;
 		*(char **)kp->arg = kstrdup(val, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!kp->arg)
+		if (!*(char **)kp->arg)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	} else
 		*(const char **)kp->arg = val;
@@ -304,6 +300,7 @@ static int param_array(const char *name,
 		       unsigned int min, unsigned int max,
 		       void *elem, int elemsize,
 		       int (*set)(const char *, struct kernel_param *kp),
+		       u16 flags,
 		       unsigned int *num)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -313,6 +310,7 @@ static int param_array(const char *name,
 	/* Get the name right for errors. */
 	kp.name = name;
 	kp.arg = elem;
+	kp.flags = flags;
 
 	/* No equals sign? */
 	if (!val) {
@@ -358,7 +356,8 @@ int param_array_set(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 	unsigned int temp_num;
 
 	return param_array(kp->name, val, 1, arr->max, arr->elem,
-			   arr->elemsize, arr->set, arr->num ?: &temp_num);
+			   arr->elemsize, arr->set, kp->flags,
+			   arr->num ?: &temp_num);
 }
 
 int param_array_get(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
@@ -605,11 +604,7 @@ void module_param_sysfs_remove(struct module *mod)
 
 void destroy_params(const struct kernel_param *params, unsigned num)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
-		if (params[i].flags & KPARAM_KMALLOCED)
-			kfree(*(char **)params[i].arg);
+	/* FIXME: This should free kmalloced charp parameters.  It doesn't. */
 }
 
 static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,