On Thu,  5 Oct 2023 10:17:46 -0700
"Paul E. McKenney" <paul...@kernel.org> wrote:

> In kernels built with CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_FORCE=y, /proc/cmdline will
> show all kernel boot parameters, both those supplied by the boot loader
> and those embedded in the kernel image.  This works well for those who
> just want to see all of the kernel boot parameters, but is not helpful to
> those who need to see only those parameters supplied by the boot loader.
> This is especially important when these parameters are presented to the
> boot loader by automation that might gather them from diverse sources.
> It is also useful when booting the next kernel via kexec(), in which
> case it is necessary to supply only those kernel command-line arguments
> from the boot loader, and most definitely not those that were embedded
> into the current kernel.
> 
> Therefore, add comments to /proc/bootconfig of the form:
> 
>       # Parameters from bootloader:
>       # root=UUID=ac0f0548-a69d-43ca-a06b-7db01bcbd5ad ro quiet ...
> 
> The second added line shows only those kernel boot parameters supplied
> by the boot loader.

Thanks for update it.

This looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhira...@kernel.org>

Thank you!

> 
> Link: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wjpvaw3irq_bfknvfs0ztash_at67bqbg11b4w6niy...@mail.gmail.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230731233130.424913-1-paul...@kernel.org/
> Co-developed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@kernel.org>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <s...@canb.auug.org.au>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <a...@kernel.org>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulni...@google.com>
> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobri...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
> Cc: <linux-trace-ker...@vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: <linux-fsde...@vger.kernel.org>
> ---
>  fs/proc/bootconfig.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/bootconfig.c b/fs/proc/bootconfig.c
> index 2e244ada1f97..902b326e1e56 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/bootconfig.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/bootconfig.c
> @@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ static int __init copy_xbc_key_value_list(char *dst, 
> size_t size)
>                               break;
>                       dst += ret;
>               }
> +             if (ret >= 0 && boot_command_line[0]) {
> +                     ret = snprintf(dst, rest(dst, end), "# Parameters from 
> bootloader:\n# %s\n",
> +                                    boot_command_line);
> +                     if (ret > 0)
> +                             dst += ret;
> +             }
>       }
>  out:
>       kfree(key);
> -- 
> 2.40.1
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhira...@kernel.org>

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