linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kgdbts: fix return value of _

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 9 Mar 2022 16:14:55 -0800
From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Igor Zhbanov <i.zhbanov@...russia.ru>,
        kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kgdbts: fix return value of __setup handler

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 7:33 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> __setup() handlers should return 1 to indicate that the boot option
> has been handled. A return of 0 causes the boot option/value to be
> listed as an Unknown kernel parameter and added to init's (limited)
> environment strings. So return 1 from kgdbts_option_setup().
>
> Unknown kernel command line parameters "BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/bzImage-517rc7
>   kgdboc=kbd kgdbts=", will be passed to user space.
>
>  Run /sbin/init as init process
>    with arguments:
>      /sbin/init
>    with environment:
>      HOME=/
>      TERM=linux
>      BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/bzImage-517rc7
>      kgdboc=kbd
>      kgdbts=
>
> Fixes: e8d31c204e36 ("kgdb: add kgdb internal test suite")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Reported-by: Igor Zhbanov <i.zhbanov@...russia.ru>
> Link: lore.kernel.org/r/64644a2f-4a20-bab3-1e15-3b2cdd0defe3@...russia.ru
> Cc: kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net
> Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
> Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
> Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/kgdbts.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>