Re: [PATCH] x86_64 dirty fix to restore dual command line store

From: Keith Mannthey
Date: Mon Aug 07 2006 - 17:57:41 EST


On 8/7/06, Keith Mannthey <kmannth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/7/06, Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> x86_64 dirty fix to restore dual command line store
>
> Ok, It seems that the patch below effectivly removes the second
> copy of the command line. This means that any modification to the
> 'working' command line (as returned from setup_arch) is incorrectly
> visible in userspace via /proc/cmdline.

Sorry for the side question but why is setup_arch adding things back
on the cmdline in the first place? What do you see in /proc/cmdline?

Sorry for the ping. I read some more lkml and the context for this
patch was filled in.

Thanks,
Keith
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