On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 02:50:15PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> We used to overwrite with CONFIG_CMDLINE if we found a chosen
> node but failed to get bootargs out of it or they were empty,
> unless CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE is set.
> 
> Instead change that to overwrite if "data" is non empty after
> the bootargs check. It allows arch code to have other mechanisms
> to retrieve the command line prior to parsing the device-tree.
> 
> Note: CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE case should ideally be handled elsewhere
> as it won't work as it-is if the device-tree has no /chosen node
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
> CC: [email protected]
> CC: Grant Likely <[email protected]>

Looks okay to me.

Acked-by: Grant Likely <[email protected]>

> ---
>  drivers/of/fdt.c |    7 ++++++-
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> v2. Use "data" instead of "cmd_line" so it works on archs like
> mips who don't pass cmd_line to that function to start with, also
> add a comment explaining the mechanism.
> 
> (resent with right list address as well while at it)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> index 65200af..323b722 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> @@ -681,9 +681,14 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen(unsigned long node, 
> const char *uname,
>       if (p != NULL && l > 0)
>               strlcpy(data, p, min((int)l, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE));
>  
> +     /*
> +      * CONFIG_CMDLINE is meant to be a default in case nothing else
> +      * managed to set the command line, unless CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE
> +      * is set in which case we override whatever was found earlier.
> +      */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE
>  #ifndef CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE
> -     if (p == NULL || l == 0 || (l == 1 && (*p) == 0))
> +     if (!data[0])
>  #endif
>               strlcpy(data, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_CMDLINE */
> -- 
> 1.7.4.1
> 
> 
> 
> 
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