linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 11/17] riscv: Convert to GENERIC

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Date:   Fri, 2 Apr 2021 17:21:51 +0200
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Walker <danielwa@...co.com>,
        Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel@...pelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>,
        "open list:GENERIC INCLUDE/ASM HEADER FILES" 
        <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/17] riscv: Convert to GENERIC_CMDLINE



Le 26/03/2021 à 16:26, Rob Herring a écrit :
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 8:20 AM Christophe Leroy
> <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 26/03/2021 à 15:08, Andreas Schwab a écrit :
>>> On Mär 26 2021, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
>>>> index f8f15332caa2..e7c91ee478d1 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
>>>> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>>>>    #include <linux/swiotlb.h>
>>>>    #include <linux/smp.h>
>>>>    #include <linux/efi.h>
>>>> +#include <linux/cmdline.h>
>>>>
>>>>    #include <asm/cpu_ops.h>
>>>>    #include <asm/early_ioremap.h>
>>>> @@ -228,10 +229,8 @@ static void __init parse_dtb(void)
>>>>       }
>>>>
>>>>       pr_err("No DTB passed to the kernel\n");
>>>> -#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE
>>>> -    strlcpy(boot_command_line, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
>>>> +    cmdline_build(boot_command_line, NULL, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
>>>>       pr_info("Forcing kernel command line to: %s\n", boot_command_line);
>>>
>>> Shouldn't that message become conditional in some way?
>>>
>>
>> You are right, I did something similar on ARM but looks like I missed it on RISCV.
> 
> How is this hunk even useful? Under what conditions can you boot
> without a DTB? Even with a built-in DTB, the DT cmdline handling would
> be called.
> 

Don't know, I wanted to keep as is today.

Do you think the hunk should be completely removed ?