linux-kernel - Re: x86_64 command line truncated II

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Date:	Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:42:25 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86_64 command line truncated II

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> writes:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Following up myself ... 
> 
> Are you sure it's a regression? 2.6.17 does the same
> and we always had that 255 character limit (I tried 
> to increase it once, but it broke some old lilo setups) 
> 
> i386 should be the same btw.

Its not being truncated at 255 characters, its being truncated at the 
first space.  This is coming out of parse_args, which dumps '\0's into 
the command_line as it rips it apart.  We now only have one copy of the 
command line (in x86_64) instead of two, so we now expose this trashed 
copy in /proc/cmdline.

-apw
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