The patch titled eeepc-laptop: fix hotplug_disabled module_param permissions has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is eeepc-laptop-fix-hotplug_disabled-module_param-permissions.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: eeepc-laptop: fix hotplug_disabled module_param permissions From: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx> The hotplug_disabled module parameter is determinated at the module load time. Change the value after the module is loaded does not make sense and has no effect at all, thus set the permissions to 0444 instead of 0644. Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Corentin Chary <corentincj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c~eeepc-laptop-fix-hotplug_disabled-module_param-permissions drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c --- a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c~eeepc-laptop-fix-hotplug_disabled-module_param-permissions +++ a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); static bool hotplug_disabled; -module_param(hotplug_disabled, bool, 0644); +module_param(hotplug_disabled, bool, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(hotplug_disabled, "Disable hotplug for wireless device. " "If your laptop need that, please report to " _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch hp-wmi-return-enodev-if-bios-does-not-export-any-supported-hp-wmi-guid.patch fujitsu-laptop-remove-unnecessary-input_free_device-calls.patch compal-laptop-fujitsu-laptop-msi-laptop-make-dmi_check_cb-to-return-1-instead-of-0.patch asus_acpi-fix-a-memory-leak-in-asus_hotk_get_info.patch asus_acpi-fix-coding-style-to-improve-readability.patch acerhdf-make-needlessly-global-symbols-static.patch classmate-laptop-make-needlessly-global-symbols-static.patch fujitsu-laptop-make-needlessly-global-symbols-static.patch msi-laptop-make-struct-rfkill_ops-const.patch asus-laptop-fix-incorrect-return-value-for-write_acpi_int_ret-if-handle-is-null.patch asus-laptop-return-proper-error-for-store_ledd-if-write_acpi_int-fail.patch acerhdf-fix-resource-reclaim-in-error-path.patch toshiba_acpi-make-remove_device-and-add_device-void.patch toshiba_acpi-rename-add_device-and-remove_device-to-create_toshiba_proc_entries-and-remove_toshiba_proc_entries.patch hp-wmi-add-return-value-checking-for-input_allocate_device.patch acer-wmi-fix-memory-leaks-in-wmid_set_capabilities-and-get_wmid_devices.patch acer-wmi-fix-memory-leaks-in-wmab_execute-error-path.patch acer-wmi-remove-non-used-acer_quirks-struct-definition.patch asus-laptop-fix-wapf-wlan_status-and-bluetooth_status-module_param-permissions.patch eeepc-laptop-fix-hotplug_disabled-module_param-permissions.patch intel_menlow-fix-memory-leaks-in-error-path-fix.patch drivers-video-backlight-s6e63m0c-set-permissions-on-gamma_table-file-to-0444.patch edd-fix-possible-memory-leak-in-edd_init-error-path.patch edd-fix-possible-memory-leak-in-edd_init-error-path-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html