Re: [PATCH] kgdbts: fix return value of __setup handler

From: Doug Anderson
Date: Wed Mar 09 2022 - 19:15:16 EST


Hi,

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 7:33 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> __setup() handlers should return 1 to indicate that the boot option
> has been handled. A return of 0 causes the boot option/value to be
> listed as an Unknown kernel parameter and added to init's (limited)
> environment strings. So return 1 from kgdbts_option_setup().
>
> Unknown kernel command line parameters "BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/bzImage-517rc7
> kgdboc=kbd kgdbts=", will be passed to user space.
>
> Run /sbin/init as init process
> with arguments:
> /sbin/init
> with environment:
> HOME=/
> TERM=linux
> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/bzImage-517rc7
> kgdboc=kbd
> kgdbts=
>
> Fixes: e8d31c204e36 ("kgdb: add kgdb internal test suite")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Igor Zhbanov <i.zhbanov@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: lore.kernel.org/r/64644a2f-4a20-bab3-1e15-3b2cdd0defe3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kgdb-bugreport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/kgdbts.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>