Re: [PATCH v2] bootconfig: Fix to find the initargs correctly

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Wed Aug 05 2020 - 03:41:22 EST


Hi Steve,

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:59:29 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 11:52:13 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Since the parse_args() stops parsing at '--', bootconfig_params()
> > will never get the '--' as param and initargs_found never be true.
> > In the result, if we pass some init arguments via the bootconfig,
> > those are always appended to the kernel command line with '--'
> > even if the kernel command line already has '--'.
> >
> > To fix this correctly, check the return value of parse_args()
> > and set initargs_found true if the return value is not an error
> > but a valid address.
>
> Thanks Masami,
>
> I'll start testing this now. I just finished testing everything else I
> had in my queue and pushed it to my for-next branch. Can you check to
> see if I missed anything there?

Yeah, it seems all acked patches are picked up.
I'll move onto the next series.

Thank you!

>
> -- Steve
>
>
> >
> > Fixes: f61872bb58a1 ("bootconfig: Use parse_args() to find bootconfig and '--'")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Reported-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Remvoe unneede !IS_ERR().
> > ---
> > init/main.c | 14 ++++++++------
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> > index 0ead83e86b5a..883ded3638e5 100644
> > --- a/init/main.c
> > +++ b/init/main.c
> > @@ -387,8 +387,6 @@ static int __init bootconfig_params(char *param, char *val,
> > {
> > if (strcmp(param, "bootconfig") == 0) {
> > bootconfig_found = true;
> > - } else if (strcmp(param, "--") == 0) {
> > - initargs_found = true;
> > }
> > return 0;
> > }
> > @@ -399,19 +397,23 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(const char *cmdline)
> > const char *msg;
> > int pos;
> > u32 size, csum;
> > - char *data, *copy;
> > + char *data, *copy, *err;
> > int ret;
> >
> > /* Cut out the bootconfig data even if we have no bootconfig option */
> > data = get_boot_config_from_initrd(&size, &csum);
> >
> > strlcpy(tmp_cmdline, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
> > - parse_args("bootconfig", tmp_cmdline, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL,
> > - bootconfig_params);
> > + err = parse_args("bootconfig", tmp_cmdline, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL,
> > + bootconfig_params);
> >
> > - if (!bootconfig_found)
> > + if (IS_ERR(err) || !bootconfig_found)
> > return;
> >
> > + /* parse_args() stops at '--' and returns an address */
> > + if (err)
> > + initargs_found = true;
> > +
> > if (!data) {
> > pr_err("'bootconfig' found on command line, but no bootconfig found\n");
> > return;
>


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>