The subject line should contain dm-stats, not dm-bufio.
On Thu, 5 Dec 2013, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> dm-stats: initialize read-only module parameters
>
> The module parameter stats_current_allocated_bytes in dm-mod is read-only.
> This parameter informs the user about memory consumption. It is not
> supposed to be changed by the user.
>
> However, despite being read-only, this parameter can be set on modprobe or
> insmod command line:
> modprobe dm-mod stats_current_allocated_bytes=12345
>
> The kernel doesn't expect that this variable can be non-zero at module
> initialization and if the user sets it, it results in warning.
>
> This patch initializates the variable in the module init routine, so that
> user-supplied value is ignored.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # 3.12+
>
> ---
> drivers/md/dm-bufio.c | 5 +++++
> drivers/md/dm-stats.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> Index: linux-3.13-rc2/drivers/md/dm-stats.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.13-rc2.orig/drivers/md/dm-stats.c 2013-12-05 23:08:37.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-3.13-rc2/drivers/md/dm-stats.c 2013-12-05 23:09:00.000000000 +0100
> @@ -964,6 +964,7 @@ int dm_stats_message(struct mapped_devic
>
> int __init dm_statistics_init(void)
> {
> + shared_memory_amount = 0;
> dm_stat_need_rcu_barrier = 0;
> return 0;
> }
>
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