Re: [PATCH] arm: dt: Initialize boot_command_line from CONFIG_CMDLINE in case DT does not provide /chosen/bootargs

From: Pali RohÃr
Date: Fri Dec 16 2016 - 06:44:05 EST


On Thursday 15 December 2016 11:09:32 Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 01:09:20AM +0100, Pali RohÃr wrote:
> > If cmdline is not in DT, but /chosen exists, then function
> > early_init_dt_scan_chosen() use cmdline from CONFIG_CMDLINE.
>
> Ah, yes. Looks to me then as if the bug exists there, and not in
> arch code then. early_init_dt_scan_chosen() completely ignores the
> CMDLINE options if the chosen node is not found.

Yes... but question is: shoud function named early_init_dt_scan_chosen()
use CONFIG_CMDLINE if there is DT entry? From name dt_scan_chosen I
would expect that it scan /chosen and set some fields from /chosen...

At least name of that function is confusing.

> > What is reason that CONFIG_CMDLINE is not supported for DT?
>
> Sorry, that's my mistake - as you've pointed out above, it is
> supported but via generic code. I was only looking at arch code
> when I made the statement.
>
> This patch (untested) should solve it:
>
> drivers/of/fdt.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> index c89d5d231a0e..fb89157332c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> @@ -1073,26 +1073,6 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen(unsigned
> long node, const char *uname, if (p != NULL && l > 0)
> strlcpy(data, p, min((int)l, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE));
>
> - /*
> - * CONFIG_CMDLINE is meant to be a default in case nothing else
> - * managed to set the command line, unless CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE
> - * is set in which case we override whatever was found earlier.
> - */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE
> -#if defined(CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTEND)
> - strlcat(data, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
> - strlcat(data, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
> -#elif defined(CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE)
> - strlcpy(data, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
> -#else
> - /* No arguments from boot loader, use kernel's cmdl*/
> - if (!((char *)data)[0])
> - strlcpy(data, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
> -#endif
> -#endif /* CONFIG_CMDLINE */
> -
> - pr_debug("Command line is: %s\n", (char*)data);
> -
> /* break now */
> return 1;
> }
> @@ -1205,6 +1185,26 @@ void __init early_init_dt_scan_nodes(void)
> /* Retrieve various information from the /chosen node */
> of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_chosen, boot_command_line);
>
> + /*
> + * CONFIG_CMDLINE is meant to be a default in case nothing else
> + * managed to set the command line, unless CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE
> + * is set in which case we override whatever was found earlier.
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE
> +#if defined(CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTEND)
> + strlcat(boot_command_line, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
> + strlcat(boot_command_line, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
> +#elif defined(CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE)
> + strlcpy(boot_command_line, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
> +#else
> + /* No arguments from boot loader, use kernel's cmdline */
> + if (!boot_command_line[0])
> + strlcpy(boot_command_line, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
> +#endif
> +#endif /* CONFIG_CMDLINE */
> +
> + pr_debug("Command line is: %s\n", boot_command_line);
> +
> /* Initialize {size,address}-cells info */
> of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_root, NULL);

Patch is working fine and fixes my problem. You can add my Tested-by.

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Pali RohÃr
pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx

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