Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] cmdline: Add generic function to build command line.

[Will Deacon]

On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 05:25:17PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> This code provides architectures with a way to build command line
> based on what is built in the kernel and what is handed over by the
> bootloader, based on selected compile-time options.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/cmdline.h | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 62 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/cmdline.h

Sorry, spotted a couple of other things...

> +/*
> + * This function will append a builtin command line to the command
> + * line provided by the bootloader. Kconfig options can be used to alter
> + * the behavior of this builtin command line.
> + * @dest: The destination of the final appended/prepended string.
> + * @src: The starting string or NULL if there isn't one. Must not equal dest.
> + * @length: the length of dest buffer.
> + */
> +static __always_inline void cmdline_build(char *dest, const char *src, size_t length)
> +{
> +	if (length <= 0)
> +		return;

length is unsigned

> +
> +	dest[0] = 0;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE) || !src || !src[0]) {
> +		cmdline_strlcat(dest, CONFIG_CMDLINE, length);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +#endif
> +	if (dest != src)

The kernel-doc says that @src "Must not equal dest".

Will