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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 09:33:02 -0500 From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.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: [PATCH v2] bootconfig: Only load bootconfig if "config=bootconfig" is on the kernel cmdline (was: bootconfig: Add "disable_bootconfig" cmdline option to disable bootconfig) On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 09:25:28 -0500 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote: > As bootconfig is silently added (if the admin does not know where to look > they may not know it's being loaded). It should be explicitly added to the > kernel cmdline. The loading of the bootconfig is only done if > "config=bootconfig" is on the kernel command line. This will let admins know > that the kernel command line is extended. I wonder if we need the "config=" part. Would "bootconfig" be sufficient, or is it better to keep it for documentation purposes. -- Steve
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