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Andrew Halaney 86d1919a4f init: print out unknown kernel parameters
It is easy to foobar setting a kernel parameter on the command line
without realizing it, there's not much output that you can use to assess
what the kernel did with that parameter by default.

Make it a little more explicit which parameters on the command line
_looked_ like a valid parameter for the kernel, but did not match anything
and ultimately got tossed to init.  This is very similar to the unknown
parameter message received when loading a module.

This assumes the parameters are processed in a normal fashion, some
parameters (dyndbg= for example) don't register their parameter with the
rest of the kernel's parameters, and therefore always show up in this list
(and are also given to init - like the rest of this list).

Another example is BOOT_IMAGE= is highlighted as an offender, which it
technically is, but is passed by LILO and GRUB so most systems will see
that complaint.

An example output where "foobared" and "unrecognized" are intentionally
invalid parameters:

  Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.12-dirty debug log_buf_len=4M foobared unrecognized=foo
  Unknown command line parameters: foobared BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.12-dirty unrecognized=foo

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210511211009.42259-1-ahalaney@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-07-01 11:06:06 -07:00
arch kernel.h: split out panic and oops helpers 2021-07-01 11:06:04 -07:00
block block-5.13-2021-05-22 2021-05-22 07:40:34 -10:00
certs Kbuild updates for v5.13 (2nd) 2021-05-08 10:00:11 -07:00
crypto async_xor: check src_offs is not NULL before updating it 2021-06-10 19:40:14 -07:00
Documentation kernel.h: split out kstrtox() and simple_strtox() to a separate header 2021-07-01 11:06:05 -07:00
drivers kernel.h: split out panic and oops helpers 2021-07-01 11:06:04 -07:00
fs seq_file: drop unused *_escape_mem_ascii() 2021-07-01 11:06:05 -07:00
include kernel.h: split out kstrtox() and simple_strtox() to a separate header 2021-07-01 11:06:05 -07:00
init init: print out unknown kernel parameters 2021-07-01 11:06:06 -07:00
ipc ipc/mqueue, msg, sem: avoid relying on a stack reference past its expiry 2021-05-22 15:09:07 -10:00
kernel kernel.h: split out panic and oops helpers 2021-07-01 11:06:04 -07:00
lib lib/decompress_unlz4.c: correctly handle zero-padding around initrds. 2021-07-01 11:06:06 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the CC-BY-4.0 license 2020-12-08 10:33:27 -07:00
mm mm: device exclusive memory access 2021-07-01 11:06:03 -07:00
net net/ipv5/tcp: use vma_lookup() in tcp_zerocopy_receive() 2021-06-29 10:53:51 -07:00
samples VFIO fixes for v5.13-rc5 2021-06-03 11:52:24 -07:00
scripts checkpatch: do not complain about positive return values starting with EPOLL 2021-07-01 11:06:06 -07:00
security trusted-keys: match tpm_get_ops on all return paths 2021-05-12 22:36:37 +03:00
sound ASoC: rt5645: Avoid upgrading static warnings to errors 2021-06-24 12:22:27 +02:00
tools mm: selftests for exclusive device memory 2021-07-01 11:06:03 -07:00
usr .gitignore: prefix local generated files with a slash 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
virt virt/kvm: use vma_lookup() instead of find_vma_intersection() 2021-06-29 10:53:51 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore only top-level modules.builtin 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
.mailmap mailmap: add Marek's other e-mail address and identity without diacritics 2021-06-24 19:40:54 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: move Murali Karicheri to credits 2021-04-29 15:47:30 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: add myself as designated reviewer for generic string library 2021-07-01 11:06:05 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.13 2021-06-27 15:21:11 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.