[PATCH 18/28] LoongArch: Refactor bootcmdline_init() to use seq_buf instead of strlcat()

From: Bill Wendling

Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 04:46:47 EST


bootcmdline_init() uses multiple strlcat() calls to append
init_command_line or CONFIG_CMDLINE to boot_command_line.

In preparation for removing the deprecated strlcat() API[1], initialize a
struct seq_buf with the existing contents of boot_command_line and use
seq_buf_puts() to append the command line fragments.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/370 [1]
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Assisted-by: CoPilot:1.0 [shell_command_run, editor_update_file, make_kernel_build_single_file]
Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@xxxxxxxxxx>
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---
arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c
index 6fa4a22a58fd..826396f141b9 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <linux/of_address.h>
#include <linux/suspend.h>
#include <linux/swiotlb.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>

#include <asm/addrspace.h>
#include <asm/alternative.h>
@@ -305,6 +306,8 @@ static void __init fdt_setup(void)

static void __init bootcmdline_init(char **cmdline_p)
{
+ struct seq_buf s;
+
/*
* If CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE is enabled then initializing the command line
* is trivial - we simply use the built-in command line unconditionally &
@@ -315,6 +318,11 @@ static void __init bootcmdline_init(char **cmdline_p)
goto out;
}

+ /* Initialize seq_buf pointing to boot_command_line */
+ s.buffer = boot_command_line;
+ s.size = COMMAND_LINE_SIZE;
+ s.len = strlen(boot_command_line);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_OF_FLATTREE
/*
* If CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOTLOADER is enabled and we are in FDT-based system,
@@ -323,11 +331,11 @@ static void __init bootcmdline_init(char **cmdline_p)
* to boot_command_line.
*/
if (initial_boot_params) {
- if (boot_command_line[0])
- strlcat(boot_command_line, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+ if (s.len)
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, " ");

- if (!strstr(boot_command_line, init_command_line))
- strlcat(boot_command_line, init_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+ if (!strstr(s.buffer, init_command_line))
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, init_command_line);

goto out;
}
@@ -338,14 +346,14 @@ static void __init bootcmdline_init(char **cmdline_p)
* CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTEND is enabled.
*/
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTEND) && CONFIG_CMDLINE[0]) {
- strlcat(boot_command_line, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
- strlcat(boot_command_line, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, " ");
+ seq_buf_puts(&s, CONFIG_CMDLINE);
}

/*
* Use built-in command line if the bootloader command line is empty.
*/
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOTLOADER) && !boot_command_line[0])
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOTLOADER) && !s.len)
strscpy(boot_command_line, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);

out:
--
2.55.0.1032.g73a4cd73de-goog