[093/119] param: dont complain about unused module parameters.

[Greg KH]

2.6.31-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit f066a4f6df68f03b565dfe867dde54dfeb26576e upstream.

Jon confirms that recent modprobe will look in /proc/cmdline, so these
cmdline options can still be used.

See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14164

Reported-by: Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 init/main.c |   11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ early_param("loglevel", loglevel);
 
 /*
  * Unknown boot options get handed to init, unless they look like
- * failed parameters
+ * unused parameters (modprobe will find them in /proc/cmdline).
  */
 static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val)
 {
@@ -271,14 +271,9 @@ static int __init unknown_bootoption(cha
 	if (obsolete_checksetup(param))
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * Preemptive maintenance for "why didn't my misspelled command
-	 * line work?"
-	 */
-	if (strchr(param, '.') && (!val || strchr(param, '.') < val)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Unknown boot option `%s': ignoring\n", param);
+	/* Unused module parameter. */
+	if (strchr(param, '.') && (!val || strchr(param, '.') < val))
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	if (panic_later)
 		return 0;


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