linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Changes for 5.6

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjfjO+h6bQzrTf=YCZA53Y3EDyAs3Z4gEsT7icA3u_Psw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 4 Feb 2020 11:54:09 +0000
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Changes for 5.6

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 10:32 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
>
>  - Added new "bootconfig".
>    Looks for a file appended to initrd to add boot config options.
>    This has been discussed thoroughly at Linux Plumbers.
>    Very useful for adding kprobes at bootup.

Is there a way to disable this from the "real" kernel command line?

If I have problems, I want to boot with a known kernel command line
(forcing text mode etc). If the bootconfig file always gets parsed,
there's no way to do that from the bootloader (grub2, whatever)..

              Linus