Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:55:47 +0800 | From | Muchun Song <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] hugetlb: Fix return value of __setup handlers |
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On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 03:29:14AM +0000, Peng Liu wrote: > When __setup() return '0', using invalid option values causes the > entire kernel boot option string to be reported as Unknown. Hugetlb > calls __setup() and will return '0' when set invalid parameter > string. > > The following phenomenon is observed: > cmdline: > hugepagesz=1Y hugepages=1 > dmesg: > HugeTLB: unsupported hugepagesz=1Y > HugeTLB: hugepages=1 does not follow a valid hugepagesz, ignoring > Unknown kernel command line parameters "hugepagesz=1Y hugepages=1" > > Since hugetlb will print warning/error information before return for > invalid parameter string, just use return '1' to avoid print again. >
Can't return -EINVAL? It is weird to return 1 on failure.
Thanks.
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