[PATCH v3 1/6] init: bootconfig: Remove all bootconfig data when the init memory is removed

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Sat Sep 04 2021 - 11:54:20 EST


Since the bootconfig is used only in the init functions,
it doesn't need to keep the data after boot. Free it when
the init memory is removed.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- introduce exit_boot_config() wrapper for !CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG
---
init/main.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 8d97aba78c3a..d35c4a865adb 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -468,7 +468,12 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
return;
}

-#else
+static void __init exit_boot_config(void)
+{
+ xbc_destroy_all();
+}
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG */

static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
{
@@ -481,7 +486,11 @@ static int __init warn_bootconfig(char *str)
pr_warn("WARNING: 'bootconfig' found on the kernel command line but CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG is not set.\n");
return 0;
}
-#endif
+
+#define exit_boot_config() do {} while (0)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG */
+
early_param("bootconfig", warn_bootconfig);

/* Change NUL term back to "=", to make "param" the whole string. */
@@ -1493,6 +1502,7 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
kprobe_free_init_mem();
ftrace_free_init_mem();
kgdb_free_init_mem();
+ exit_boot_config();
free_initmem();
mark_readonly();