linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/3] init: bootconfig: Remove all bootconfig data when the init memory is removed

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Date:   Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:16:15 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] init: bootconfig: Remove all bootconfig data when the init memory is removed

Since the bootconfig is used only in the init functions,
it doesn't need to keep the data after boot. Free it when
the init memory is removed.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 Changes in v2:
  - introduce exit_boot_config() wrapper for !CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG
---
 init/main.c |   14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 8d97aba78c3a..d35c4a865adb 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -468,7 +468,12 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
 	return;
 }
 
-#else
+static void __init exit_boot_config(void)
+{
+	xbc_destroy_all();
+}
+
+#else	/* !CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG */
 
 static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
 {
@@ -481,7 +486,11 @@ static int __init warn_bootconfig(char *str)
 	pr_warn("WARNING: 'bootconfig' found on the kernel command line but CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG is not set.\n");
 	return 0;
 }
-#endif
+
+#define exit_boot_config()	do {} while (0)
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG */
+
 early_param("bootconfig", warn_bootconfig);
 
 /* Change NUL term back to "=", to make "param" the whole string. */
@@ -1493,6 +1502,7 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
 	kprobe_free_init_mem();
 	ftrace_free_init_mem();
 	kgdb_free_init_mem();
+	exit_boot_config();
 	free_initmem();
 	mark_readonly();