openwrtv4/target/linux/generic/pending-4.14/920-mangle_bootargs.patch
Stijn Segers b5469b38cd kernel: bump 4.14 to 4.14.23
This patch bumps the 4.14 kernel to .23.
- Refreshed patches.
- Deleted bcm53xx/patches-4.14/089-PCI-iproc-Fix-NULL-pointer-dereference-for-BCMA.patch. Has been accepted upstream.
- Deleted generic/pending-4.14/821-usb-Remove-annoying-warning-about-bogus-URB.patch. The upstream URB code was changed,
  the patch no longer applies. I discussed this with the patch author and removed it for now, we'll see how it goes.

Compile-tested on: ramips/mt7621, x86/64
Run-tested on: ramips/mt7621, x86/64

Signed-off-by: Stijn Segers <foss@volatilesystems.org>
2018-03-02 21:33:08 +01:00

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From: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
Subject: init: add CONFIG_MANGLE_BOOTARGS and disable it by default
Enabling this option renames the bootloader supplied root=
and rootfstype= variables, which might have to be know but
would break the automatisms OpenWrt uses.
Signed-off-by: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
---
init/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
init/main.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1427,6 +1427,15 @@ config EMBEDDED
an embedded system so certain expert options are available
for configuration.
+config MANGLE_BOOTARGS
+ bool "Rename offending bootargs"
+ depends on EXPERT
+ help
+ Sometimes the bootloader passed bogus root= and rootfstype=
+ parameters to the kernel, and while you want to ignore them,
+ you need to know the values f.e. to support dual firmware
+ layouts on the flash.
+
config HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
bool
help
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -359,6 +359,29 @@ static inline void setup_nr_cpu_ids(void
static inline void smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int maxcpus) { }
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MANGLE_BOOTARGS
+static void __init mangle_bootargs(char *command_line)
+{
+ char *rootdev;
+ char *rootfs;
+
+ rootdev = strstr(command_line, "root=/dev/mtdblock");
+
+ if (rootdev)
+ strncpy(rootdev, "mangled_rootblock=", 18);
+
+ rootfs = strstr(command_line, "rootfstype");
+
+ if (rootfs)
+ strncpy(rootfs, "mangled_fs", 10);
+
+}
+#else
+static void __init mangle_bootargs(char *command_line)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
/*
* We need to store the untouched command line for future reference.
* We also need to store the touched command line since the parameter
@@ -540,6 +563,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_k
add_device_randomness(command_line, strlen(command_line));
boot_init_stack_canary();
mm_init_cpumask(&init_mm);
+ mangle_bootargs(command_line);
setup_command_line(command_line);
setup_nr_cpu_ids();
setup_per_cpu_areas();