From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
paulmck@kernel.org, Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
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Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH v6 7/8] bootconfig: skip runtime kernel.* render once prepended early
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:15:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623-bootconfig_using_tools-v6-7-640c2f587a3c@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623-bootconfig_using_tools-v6-0-640c2f587a3c@debian.org>
setup_boot_config() folds the embedded bootconfig "kernel" subtree into
the command line via xbc_make_cmdline("kernel"). A subsequent patch lets
an architecture prepend the build-time-rendered embedded "kernel" keys
to boot_command_line early in setup_arch(); rendering them again here
would then duplicate every key in saved_command_line and make
accumulating handlers (console=, earlycon=, ...) re-register the same
value.
Track whether the bootconfig data came from the embedded source
(from_embedded) and skip the runtime render only when the early prepend
actually happened, as reported by xbc_embedded_cmdline_applied(). On
architectures that do not select ARCH_SUPPORTS_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTCONFIG
that helper is a stub returning false, so this path is unchanged and the
embedded "kernel" keys still reach the cmdline via the runtime parser
exactly as before.
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
init/main.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index e363232b428b4..260bd5242f94e 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -378,12 +378,15 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
int pos, ret;
size_t size;
char *err;
+ bool from_embedded = false;
/* Cut out the bootconfig data even if we have no bootconfig option */
data = get_boot_config_from_initrd(&size);
/* If there is no bootconfig in initrd, try embedded one. */
- if (!data)
+ if (!data) {
data = xbc_get_embedded_bootconfig(&size);
+ from_embedded = true;
+ }
strscpy(tmp_cmdline, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
err = parse_args("bootconfig", tmp_cmdline, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL,
@@ -421,8 +424,24 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
} else {
xbc_get_info(&ret, NULL);
pr_info("Load bootconfig: %ld bytes %d nodes\n", (long)size, ret);
- /* keys starting with "kernel." are passed via cmdline */
- extra_command_line = xbc_make_cmdline("kernel");
+ /*
+ * keys starting with "kernel." are passed via cmdline. When
+ * this bootconfig came from the embedded source and
+ * setup_arch() already prepended the rendered "kernel" subtree
+ * to boot_command_line, rendering again here would duplicate
+ * the keys in saved_command_line and make accumulating handlers
+ * (console=, earlycon=, ...) re-register the same value. Skip
+ * only when the prepend really happened.
+ *
+ * On arches that do not select ARCH_SUPPORTS_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTCONFIG,
+ * CONFIG_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTCONFIG is unselectable and
+ * xbc_embedded_cmdline_applied() collapses to a stub returning
+ * false, so this path still runs and the embedded "kernel"
+ * keys reach the cmdline via the runtime parser exactly as
+ * before this series.
+ */
+ if (!from_embedded || !xbc_embedded_cmdline_applied())
+ extra_command_line = xbc_make_cmdline("kernel");
/* Also, "init." keys are init arguments */
extra_init_args = xbc_make_cmdline("init");
}
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-23 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-23 16:15 [PATCH v6 0/8] bootconfig: embed kernel.* cmdline at build time Breno Leitao
2026-06-23 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] bootconfig: fix NULL-pointer arithmetic in xbc_snprint_cmdline() Breno Leitao
2026-06-23 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] bootconfig: render descendant keys when xbc_snprint_cmdline() root has a value Breno Leitao
2026-06-23 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] bootconfig: render embedded bootconfig as a kernel cmdline at build time Breno Leitao
2026-06-23 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] bootconfig: clean build-time tools/bootconfig from make clean Breno Leitao
2026-06-23 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] bootconfig: add xbc_prepend_embedded_cmdline() helper Breno Leitao
2026-06-23 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] Documentation: bootconfig: document build-time cmdline rendering Breno Leitao
2026-06-23 16:15 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2026-06-23 16:15 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] x86/setup: prepend embedded bootconfig cmdline before parse_early_param Breno Leitao
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