From 26d052bfce799ef0e7262695b46e3525ca4d381d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Oberparleiter Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:11:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] param: allow whitespace as kernel parameter separator Some boot mechanisms require that kernel parameters are stored in a separate file which is loaded to memory without further processing (e.g. the "Load from FTP" method on s390). When such a file contains newline characters, the kernel parameter preceding the newline might not be correctly parsed (due to the newline being stuck to the end of the actual parameter value) which can lead to boot failures. This patch improves kernel command line usability in such a situation by allowing generic whitespace characters as separators between kernel parameters. Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell --- kernel/params.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c index 7f6912ced2b..9da58eabdcb 100644 --- a/kernel/params.c +++ b/kernel/params.c @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #if 0 #define DEBUGP printk @@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ static char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val) } for (i = 0; args[i]; i++) { - if (args[i] == ' ' && !in_quote) + if (isspace(args[i]) && !in_quote) break; if (equals == 0) { if (args[i] == '=') @@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ static char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val) next = args + i; /* Chew up trailing spaces. */ - while (*next == ' ') + while (isspace(*next)) next++; return next; } @@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ int parse_args(const char *name, DEBUGP("Parsing ARGS: %s\n", args); /* Chew leading spaces */ - while (*args == ' ') + while (isspace(*args)) args++; while (*args) { -- 2.20.1