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authorMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>2022-08-17 17:40:22 +0200
committerWill Deacon <will@kernel.org>2022-08-23 12:02:02 +0200
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parentarm64: Fix comment typo (diff)
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arm64: fix rodata=full
On arm64, "rodata=full" has been suppored (but not documented) since commit: c55191e96caa9d78 ("arm64: mm: apply r/o permissions of VM areas to its linear alias as well") As it's necessary to determine the rodata configuration early during boot, arm64 has an early_param() handler for this, whereas init/main.c has a __setup() handler which is run later. Unfortunately, this split meant that since commit: f9a40b0890658330 ("init/main.c: return 1 from handled __setup() functions") ... passing "rodata=full" would result in a spurious warning from the __setup() handler (though RO permissions would be configured appropriately). Further, "rodata=full" has been broken since commit: 0d6ea3ac94ca77c5 ("lib/kstrtox.c: add "false"/"true" support to kstrtobool()") ... which caused strtobool() to parse "full" as false (in addition to many other values not documented for the "rodata=" kernel parameter. This patch fixes this breakage by: * Moving the core parameter parser to an __early_param(), such that it is available early. * Adding an (optional) arch hook which arm64 can use to parse "full". * Updating the documentation to mention that "full" is valid for arm64. * Having the core parameter parser handle "on" and "off" explicitly, such that any undocumented values (e.g. typos such as "ful") are reported as errors rather than being silently accepted. Note that __setup() and early_param() have opposite conventions for their return values, where __setup() uses 1 to indicate a parameter was handled and early_param() uses 0 to indicate a parameter was handled. Fixes: f9a40b089065 ("init/main.c: return 1 from handled __setup() functions") Fixes: 0d6ea3ac94ca ("lib/kstrtox.c: add "false"/"true" support to kstrtobool()") Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Jagdish Gediya <jvgediya@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220817154022.3974645-1-mark.rutland@arm.com Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt2
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index d7f30902fda0..426fa892d311 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5331,6 +5331,8 @@
rodata= [KNL]
on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
+ full Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
+ [arm64]
rockchip.usb_uart
Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port