Re: [PATCH] of: print warning when cmdline overflows from bootargs
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu Nov 06 2025 - 03:55:20 EST
On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 04:27:17PM +0800, Enlin Mu wrote:
> From: Enlin Mu <enlin.mu@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> add debug info. sometimes cmdline in dts is too long,
I don't see debug info here.
Please use full sentences, starting with capital letter and ending with
full stop.
Please wrap commit message according to Linux coding style / submission
process (neither too early nor over the limit):
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.4-rc1/source/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#L597
> developers are not aware of the length limit of the
> cmdline, resulting in some misjudgments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Enlin Mu <enlin.mu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/of/fdt.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> index 0edd639898a6..077799b2f565 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> @@ -1085,6 +1085,8 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen(char *cmdline)
> p = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "bootargs", &l);
> if (p != NULL && l > 0)
> strscpy(cmdline, p, min(l, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE));
> + if (l > COMMAND_LINE_SIZE)
> + pr_warn("cmdline overflows from bootargs\n");
Why only OF early should have this warning and cmdline passed via ATAGS
or in ACPI system should not?
Best regards,
Krzysztof