linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 5/6] x86/boot: Allow longer parameter list for earlyprintk

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Date:   Thu, 03 May 2018 14:48:13 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/6] x86/boot: Allow longer parameter list for
 earlyprintk

On Tue, 2018-01-16 at 16:51 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2018-01-16 at 04:11 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > * Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Allow longer parameter list for earlyprintk to support new
> > > > coming
> > > > parameters.
> > > > 
> > > > No functional change intended.
> > > BTW., what happens if the parsed string is longer than this
> > > buffer?
> > 
> > It will be cut up to 63 characters IIUC.
> 
> Ok, that's fine!
> 
> Could you please add a comment that explains the limit and the
> (benign) effects if 
> we go past it?

Will do.

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy