Re: [PATCH V2] x86: Allow built-in command line to work in early kernel init

[Matthew Garrett]

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 07:46:11PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 05/12/2015 04:53 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 04:41:22PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > 
> >> You can not assume that you can use buffer after cmd_line from bootloader
> >> blindly.
> > 
> > Are there any bootloaders that don't allocate a buffer of the maximum 
> > command line size?
> > 
> 
> YES!  In fact, it is quite common for the command line to be dynamically
> allocated.

Hmm. Well, this is a little awkward. Let me think about it.

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