linux-kernel - Re: x86_64 command line truncated

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Date:	Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:38:49 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: x86_64 command line truncated

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org> writes:
> 
>> It seems that the command line on x86_64 is being truncated during boot:
> 
> in mm right?
>> Will try and track it down.
> 
> Don't bother, it is likely "early-param" (the patch from
> hell). I'll investigate.
> 
> -Andi

Well I've narroed it down to the following patch from Andrew:

x86_64-mm-early-param.patch

Basically, that leads setup_arch to return saved_command_line as _the_ 
command_line.  We then run parse_args() against it which assumes it may 
irrevocabaly change command_line.  Previous to this patch 
saved_command_line and command_line were separate and this was not an issue.

It feels like we should be following the model in the newly added 
parse_early_parms() and taking a local copy of the command_line here.

-apw
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