From 8bc2b3dca7292347d8e715fb723c587134abe013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Halaney Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 18:34:27 -0800 Subject: init: make unknown command line param message clearer The prior message is confusing users, which is the exact opposite of the goal. If the message is being seen, one of the following situations is happening: 1. the param is misspelled 2. the param is not valid due to the kernel configuration 3. the param is intended for init but isn't after the '--' delineator on the command line To make that more clear to the user, explicitly mention "kernel command line" and also note that the params are still passed to user space to avoid causing any alarm over params intended for init. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211013223502.96756-1-ahalaney@redhat.com Fixes: 86d1919a4fb0 ("init: print out unknown kernel parameters") Signed-off-by: Andrew Halaney Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- init/main.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'init') diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c index f0001af8ebb9..158ba0827106 100644 --- a/init/main.c +++ b/init/main.c @@ -924,7 +924,9 @@ static void __init print_unknown_bootoptions(void) for (p = &envp_init[2]; *p; p++) end += sprintf(end, " %s", *p); - pr_notice("Unknown command line parameters:%s\n", unknown_options); + /* Start at unknown_options[1] to skip the initial space */ + pr_notice("Unknown kernel command line parameters \"%s\", will be passed to user space.\n", + &unknown_options[1]); memblock_free(unknown_options, len); } -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b