libata: kill probe_ent and related helpers

[powerpc.git] / kernel / params.c

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index e265b13..1fc4ac7 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ int param_set_copystring(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
        struct kparam_string *kps = kp->arg;
 
+       if (!val) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: missing param set value\n", kp->name);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
        if (strlen(val)+1 > kps->maxlen) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: string doesn't fit in %u chars.\n",
                       kp->name, kps->maxlen-1);