Re: [PATCH 2/7 v4] sh: nmi_debug: fix return value of __setup handler

From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Date: Sun Mar 19 2023 - 15:32:55 EST


On Sun, 2023-03-05 at 20:00 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> __setup() handlers should return 1 to obsolete_checksetup() in
> init/main.c to indicate that the boot option has been handled.
> A return of 0 causes the boot option/value to be listed as an Unknown
> kernel parameter and added to init's (limited) argument or environment
> strings. Also, error return codes don't mean anything to
> obsolete_checksetup() -- only non-zero (usually 1) or zero.
> So return 1 from nmi_debug_setup().
>
> Fixes: 1e1030dccb10 ("sh: nmi_debug support.")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Igor Zhbanov <izh1979@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: lore.kernel.org/r/64644a2f-4a20-bab3-1e15-3b2cdd0defe3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> v2: add more Cc's;
> refresh and resend;
> v3: add Arnd to Cc: list
> v4: update Cc: list, refresh & resend
>
> arch/sh/kernel/nmi_debug.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff -- a/arch/sh/kernel/nmi_debug.c b/arch/sh/kernel/nmi_debug.c
> --- a/arch/sh/kernel/nmi_debug.c
> +++ b/arch/sh/kernel/nmi_debug.c
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int __init nmi_debug_setup(char *
> register_die_notifier(&nmi_debug_nb);
>
> if (*str != '=')
> - return 0;
> + return 1;
>
> for (p = str + 1; *p; p = sep + 1) {
> sep = strchr(p, ',');
> @@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ static int __init nmi_debug_setup(char *
> break;
> }
>
> - return 0;
> + return 1;
> }
> __setup("nmi_debug", nmi_debug_setup);

Reviewed-by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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