Re: [PATCH v7 0/9] bootconfig: embed kernel.* cmdline at build time
From: Breno Leitao
Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 10:54:30 EST
On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 11:33:27PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > The userspace pieces (xbc_snprint_cmdline() in lib/, tools/bootconfig -C)
> > already landed; this series wires the rendered cmdline into the kernel.
> >
> > Motivation: today the embedded bootconfig is parsed at runtime, after
> > parse_early_param() has already run, so early_param() handlers can't
> > see embedded values. Folding the kernel.* subtree into the cmdline at
> > build time gives a CONFIG_CMDLINE-equivalent for embedded-bootconfig
> > users without forcing them to maintain two cmdline sources.
> >
> > Behaviorally, the "kernel" subtree is rendered to a flat string at
> > build time and stashed in .init.rodata. setup_arch() prepends it to
> > boot_command_line before parse_early_param() runs. Overflow is a soft
> > error: the helper logs and leaves boot_command_line untouched rather
> > than panicking, so an oversized embedded bconf cannot brick a boot.
> >
>
> Thanks for update!! This looks good to me.
> Let me pick it and test it.
This is great. Thanks for it and for the support so far.
--breno