Re: [PATCH] init: Make unknown command line param message clearer

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:35:02 -0500 Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The prior message is confusing users, which is the exact opposite of the
> goal. If the message is being seen, one of the following situations is
> happening:
> 
>  1. the param is misspelled
>  2. the param is not valid due to the kernel configuration
>  3. the param is intended for init but isn't after the '--'
>     delineator on the command line
> 
> To make that more clear to the user, explicitly mention "kernel command
> line" and also note that the params are still passed to user space to
> avoid causing any alarm over params intended for init.
> 
> Fixes: 86d1919a4fb0 ("init: print out unknown kernel parameters")
> Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

BTW, I'm still sitting on your "init/main.c: silence some
-Wunused-parameter warnings", awaiting a response to Rasmus's
suggestion:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/f06b8308-645b-031b-f9c6-b92400a269aa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx