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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/bootconfig.c | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-samekey.bconf | 6 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst index dfeffa73dca3..57119fb69d36 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst @@ -62,7 +62,16 @@ Or more shorter, written as following:: In both styles, same key words are automatically merged when parsing it at boot time. So you can append similar trees or key-values. -Note that a sub-key and a value can not co-exist under a parent key. +Same-key Values +--------------- + +It is prohibited that two or more values or arrays share a same-key. +For example,:: + + foo = bar, baz + foo = qux # !ERROR! we can not re-define same key + +Also, a sub-key and a value can not co-exist under a parent key. For example, following config is NOT allowed.:: foo = value1 diff --git a/lib/bootconfig.c b/lib/bootconfig.c index 54ac623ca781..2ef304db31f2 100644 --- a/lib/bootconfig.c +++ b/lib/bootconfig.c @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static int __init __xbc_parse_keys(char *k) static int __init xbc_parse_kv(char **k, char *v) { struct xbc_node *prev_parent = last_parent; - struct xbc_node *node, *child; + struct xbc_node *child; char *next; int c, ret; @@ -590,15 +590,18 @@ static int __init xbc_parse_kv(char **k, char *v) return ret; child = xbc_node_get_child(last_parent); - if (child && xbc_node_is_key(child)) - return xbc_parse_error("Value is mixed with subkey", v); + if (child) { + if (xbc_node_is_key(child)) + return xbc_parse_error("Value is mixed with subkey", v); + else + return xbc_parse_error("Value is redefined", v); + } c = __xbc_parse_value(&v, &next); if (c < 0) return c; - node = xbc_add_sibling(v, XBC_VALUE); - if (!node) + if (!xbc_add_sibling(v, XBC_VALUE)) return -ENOMEM; if (c == ',') { /* Array */ diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-samekey.bconf b/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-samekey.bconf new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e8d983a4563c --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/bootconfig/samples/bad-samekey.bconf @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +# Same key value is not allowed +key { + foo = value + bar = value2 +} +key.foo = value |