On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:22:04 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
+ /*
+ * Keys that do not match any early_param() handler are silently
+ * ignored — do_early_param() always returns 0.
+ */
+ xbc_node_for_each_key_value(root, knode, val) {
[sashiko comment]
| Does this loop handle array values correctly?
| xbc_node_for_each_key_value() only assigns the first value of an array to
| the val pointer before advancing to the next key. It does not iterate over
| the child nodes of the array.
| If the bootconfig contains a multi-value key like
| kernel.console = "ttyS0", "tty0", will the subsequent values in the array
| be silently dropped instead of passed to the early_param handlers?
Also, good catch :) we need to use xbc_node_for_each_array_value()
for inner loop.
FYI, xbc_snprint_cmdline() translates the arraied parameter as
multiple parameters. For example,
foo = bar, buz;
will be converted to
foo=bar foo=buz
Thus, I think we should do the same thing below;
quoted
+ if (xbc_node_compose_key_after(root, knode, xbc_namebuf, XBC_KEYLEN_MAX) < 0)
+ continue;
+
+ /*
+ * We need to copy const char *val to a char pointer,
+ * which is what do_early_param() need, given it might
+ * call strsep(), strtok() later.
+ */
+ ret = strscpy(val_buf, val, sizeof(val_buf));
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ pr_warn("ignoring bootconfig value '%s', too long\n",
+ xbc_namebuf);
+ continue;
+ }
+ do_early_param(xbc_namebuf, val_buf, NULL, NULL);
So instead of this;
xbc_array_for_each_value(vnode, val) {
do_early_param(xbc_namebuf, val, NULL, NULL);
}
Maybe it is a good timing to recondier unifying kernel cmdline and bootconfig
from API viewpoint.
Thanks,
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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [off-list ref]