param: hand arguments after -- straight to init

The kernel passes any args it doesn't need through to init, except it
assumes anything containing '.' belongs to the kernel (for a module).
This change means all users can clearly distinguish which arguments
are for init.

For example, the kernel uses debug ("dee-bug") to mean log everything to
the console, where systemd uses the debug from the Scandinavian "day-boog"
meaning "fail to boot".  If a future versions uses argv[] instead of
reading /proc/cmdline, this confusion will be avoided.

eg: test 'FOO="this is --foo"' -- 'systemd.debug="true true true"'

Gives:
argv[0] = '/debug-init'
argv[1] = 'test'
argv[2] = 'systemd.debug=true true true'
envp[0] = 'HOME=/'
envp[1] = 'TERM=linux'
envp[2] = 'FOO=this is --foo'

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 204a67743804..b1990c5524e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ extern bool parameq(const char *name1, const char *name2);
 extern bool parameqn(const char *name1, const char *name2, size_t n);
 
 /* Called on module insert or kernel boot */
-extern int parse_args(const char *name,
+extern char *parse_args(const char *name,
                       char *args,
                       const struct kernel_param *params,
                       unsigned num,