module: Restore the moduleparam prefix length check

The moduleparam code allows modules to provide their own definition of
MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX, instead of using the default KBUILD_MODNAME ".".

Commit 730b69d22525 ("module: check kernel param length at compile time,
not runtime") added a check to ensure the prefix doesn't exceed
MODULE_NAME_LEN, as this is what param_sysfs_builtin() expects.

Later, commit 58f86cc89c33 ("VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS: stricter checking
for sysfs perms.") removed this check, but there is no indication this was
intentional.

Since the check is still useful for param_sysfs_builtin() to function
properly, reintroduce it in __module_param_call(), but in a modernized form
using static_assert().

While here, clean up the __module_param_call() comments. In particular,
remove the comment "Default value instead of permissions?", which comes
from commit 9774a1f54f17 ("[PATCH] Compile-time check re world-writeable
module params"). This comment was related to the test variable
__param_perm_check_##name, which was removed in the previously mentioned
commit 58f86cc89c33.

Fixes: 58f86cc89c33 ("VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS: stricter checking for sysfs perms.")
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@samsung.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250630143535.267745-4-petr.pavlu@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@samsung.com>

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index bfb85fd13e1fae572276339f17ca423320ef92bd..110e9d09de24369e1bf9132a72e95fd16f32fa49 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -282,10 +282,9 @@ struct kparam_array
 #define __moduleparam_const const
 #endif
 
-/* This is the fundamental function for registering boot/module
-   parameters. */
+/* This is the fundamental function for registering boot/module parameters. */
 #define __module_param_call(prefix, name, ops, arg, perm, level, flags)        \
-       /* Default value instead of permissions? */                     \
+       static_assert(sizeof(""prefix) - 1 <= MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN);    \
        static const char __param_str_##name[] = prefix #name;          \
        static struct kernel_param __moduleparam_const __param_##name   \
        __used __section("__param")                                     \