Re: [PATCH] driver core: dd: fix return value of __setup handler

[Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>]

Hi Randy,

On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 08:18:29PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> When "driver_async_probe=nulltty" is used on the kernel boot command line,
> it causes an Unknown parameter message and the string is added to init's
> environment strings, polluting them.
> 
>   Unknown kernel command line parameters "BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/bzImage-517rc6
>   driver_async_probe=nulltty", 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-517rc6
>      driver_async_probe=nulltty
> 
> Change the return value of the __setup function to 1 to indicate
> that the __setup option has been handled.

Thanks for the fix!

Reviewed-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>


> Fixes: 1ea61b68d0f8 ("async: Add cmdline option to specify drivers to be async probed")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Reported-by: Igor Zhbanov <i.zhbanov@omprussia.ru>
> Link: lore.kernel.org/r/64644a2f-4a20-bab3-1e15-3b2cdd0defe3@omprussia.ru
> Cc: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/base/dd.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- linux-next-20220228.orig/drivers/base/dd.c
> +++ linux-next-20220228/drivers/base/dd.c
> @@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ static int __init save_async_options(cha
>  		pr_warn("Too long list of driver names for 'driver_async_probe'!\n");
>  
>  	strlcpy(async_probe_drv_names, buf, ASYNC_DRV_NAMES_MAX_LEN);
> -	return 0;
> +	return 1;
>  }
>  __setup("driver_async_probe=", save_async_options);
>