[PATCH v2 01/10] commands: devlookup: honour global.bootm.root_param for -k
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Thu Oct 15 02:52:43 PDT 2026
Hello Marco,
On 10/15/26 11:46 AM, Marco Felsch wrote:
> On 26-10-15 11:18, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at barebox.org>
>> if (kernelopt)
>> - val = buf = cdev_get_linux_rootarg(cdev);
>> + val = buf = cdev_get_linux_rootarg(cdev,
>> + getenv_nonempty("global.bootm.root_param") ?: "root");
> ^
> Wouldn't it make more sense if cdev_get_linux_rootarg() returns the
> correct <key>= so it's fixed for all possible cdev_get_linux_rootarg()
> users?
> In other words put this logic into cdev_get_linux_rootarg() and keep the
> API.
There are no other users of this API. I can imagine other users (e.g. a
board's custom boot entry provider) wanting to tightly control whether
global.bootm.root_param is used or not.
Cheers,
Ahmad
>
> Regards,
> Marco
>
>> else if (paramname)
>> val = dev_get_param(cdev->dev, paramname);
>> else
>> @@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("parameter with that name is looked up.")
>> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("")
>> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Options:")
>> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-v", "write output to VARIABLE instead of printing it")
>> -BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-k", "output kernel rootarg line")
>> +BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-k", "output kernel rootarg line (see global.bootm.root_param)")
>> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-a", "output resolution of cdev alias")
>> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
>>
>> diff --git a/common/block.c b/common/block.c
>> index 5441c7ca1848..16075bb146ec 100644
>> --- a/common/block.c
>> +++ b/common/block.c
>> @@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ int cdev_get_linux_root_and_opts(const struct cdev *partcdev, const char **root,
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> -char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev)
>> +char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev,
>> + const char *root_param)
>> {
>> int err;
>> const char *root = NULL;
>> @@ -675,5 +676,5 @@ char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev)
>> if (err)
>> return NULL;
>>
>> - return format_root_bootarg("root", root, rootopts);
>> + return format_root_bootarg(root_param, root, rootopts);
>> }
>> diff --git a/include/block.h b/include/block.h
>> index 065ae81358b4..91ab91f9109b 100644
>> --- a/include/block.h
>> +++ b/include/block.h
>> @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ static inline int block_flush(struct block_device *blk)
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
>> unsigned file_list_add_blockdevs(struct file_list *files);
>> -char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev);
>> +char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev,
>> + const char *root_param);
>> int cdev_get_linux_root_and_opts(const struct cdev *partcdev, const char **root,
>> const char **rootopts);
>> #else
>> @@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ static inline unsigned file_list_add_blockdevs(struct file_list *files)
>> {
>> return 0;
>> }
>> -static inline char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev)
>> +static inline char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev,
>> + const char *root_param)
>> {
>> return NULL;
>> }
>> --
>> 2.47.3
>>
>>
>
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