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

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jan 2018 04:11:23 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
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


* Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> Allow longer parameter list for earlyprintk to support new coming
> parameters.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c b/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
> index 8cb7b0e8fe98..ef10926ab9e5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static void early_serial_init(unsigned long port, int baud)
>  static void parse_earlyprintk(void)
>  {
>  	int baud = DEFAULT_BAUD;
> -	char arg[32];
> +	char arg[64];
>  	int pos = 0;
>  	unsigned long port = 0;

BTW., what happens if the parsed string is longer than this buffer?

Thanks,

	Ingo