linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64 dirty fix to restore dual command line store

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Message-ID: <a762e240608071459x175eba48j953a202a8374e55@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:59:51 -0700
From:	"Keith Mannthey" <kmannth@...il.com>
To:	"Andy Whitcroft" <apw@...dowen.org>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>, "Andi Keen" <ak@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64 dirty fix to restore dual command line store

On 8/7/06, Keith Mannthey <kmannth@...il.com> wrote:
> On 8/7/06, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org> wrote:
> > x86_64 dirty fix to restore dual command line store
> >
> > Ok, It seems that the patch below effectivly removes the second
> > copy of the command line.  This means that any modification to the
> > 'working' command line (as returned from setup_arch) is incorrectly
> > visible in userspace via /proc/cmdline.
>
> Sorry for the side question but why is setup_arch adding things back
> on the cmdline in the first place?  What do you see in /proc/cmdline?

Sorry for the ping.  I read some more lkml and the context for this
patch was filled in.

Thanks,
  Keith
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