From: trenn on
The parsing and applying of dynamic debug strings is not only useful for
/sys/../dynamic_debug/control write access, but can also be used for
boot parameter parsing.
The boot parameter is introduced in a follow up patch.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn(a)suse.de>
CC: jbaron(a)redhat.com
CC: linux-kernel(a)vger.kernel.org
CC: yehuda(a)hq.newdream.net

---
lib/dynamic_debug.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.34-master/lib/dynamic_debug.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.34-master.orig/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ linux-2.6.34-master/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -429,6 +429,27 @@ static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char
return 0;
}

+static int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string)
+{
+ unsigned int flags = 0, mask = 0;
+ struct ddebug_query query;
+#define MAXWORDS 9
+ int nwords;
+ char *words[MAXWORDS];
+
+ nwords = ddebug_tokenize(query_string, words, MAXWORDS);
+ if (nwords <= 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (ddebug_parse_query(words, nwords-1, &query))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (ddebug_parse_flags(words[nwords-1], &flags, &mask))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* actually go and implement the change */
+ ddebug_change(&query, flags, mask);
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* File_ops->write method for <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/conrol. Gathers the
* command text from userspace, parses and executes it.
@@ -436,12 +457,8 @@ static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char
static ssize_t ddebug_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
size_t len, loff_t *offp)
{
- unsigned int flags = 0, mask = 0;
- struct ddebug_query query;
-#define MAXWORDS 9
- int nwords;
- char *words[MAXWORDS];
char tmpbuf[256];
+ int ret;

if (len == 0)
return 0;
@@ -455,16 +472,9 @@ static ssize_t ddebug_proc_write(struct
printk(KERN_INFO "%s: read %d bytes from userspace\n",
__func__, (int)len);

- nwords = ddebug_tokenize(tmpbuf, words, MAXWORDS);
- if (nwords <= 0)
- return -EINVAL;
- if (ddebug_parse_query(words, nwords-1, &query))
- return -EINVAL;
- if (ddebug_parse_flags(words[nwords-1], &flags, &mask))
- return -EINVAL;
-
- /* actually go and implement the change */
- ddebug_change(&query, flags, mask);
+ ret = ddebug_exec_query(tmpbuf);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;

*offp += len;
return len;

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