On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 11:35:25AM +0800, Zhang Yanfei wrote: > I tried 3.8.0 kernel. Unfortunately, panicked again. For some reason, I didn't > see the panic message. > > >but if my memory don't lie me, > > I can boot v2.6.32 without a root= parameter, we had use v2.6.32 as product kernel > > still more than one year two years ago. > > Sigh, I tried in a real box and a kvm machine. Both panicked with no root= argument > message. I don't know why. It maybe your CONFIG relation problem, I guess. I have booted ok more than 3 times. Are your have CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y in .config? And your cpio format initramfs has init script in root directory? And your init script will auto-mount your really device right before switch_root into it? > Anyway, Just from the code, your patch didn't fix all the possible place. > do_bzImage64_load may also call setup_linux_bootloader_parameters_high with > a null commandline. So why not change the check in > setup_linux_bootloader_parameters_high. Your are right. But your patch is wrong too. See below. > > -------------------------- > diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c b/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c > index 454fad6..6eb2e6e 100644 > --- a/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c > +++ b/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c > @@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ void setup_linux_bootloader_parameters_high( > /* Fill in the command line */ > if (cmdline_len > COMMAND_LINE_SIZE) { > cmdline_len = COMMAND_LINE_SIZE; > - } > + } else if (cmdline_len == 0) > + return; Can't just return, we must set the string termination guard like below: + else if (cmdline_len == 0) + cmdline_len = 1; If you agreed, maybe I can resend the v2 patch. > cmdline_ptr = ((char *)real_mode) + cmdline_offset; > memcpy(cmdline_ptr, cmdline, cmdline_len); > cmdline_ptr[cmdline_len - 1] = '\0'; > Thanks.