1 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
index 140051e07fa6..e22ecd54870d 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -215,20 +215,16 @@ void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 static int __initdata keep_early;
 
-int __init setup_early_printk(char *opt)
+static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
 {
-        char *space;
-        char buf[256];
+        if (!buf)
+                return 0;
 
         if (early_console_initialized)
-                return 1;
-
-        strlcpy(buf,opt,sizeof(buf));
-        space = strchr(buf, ' ');
-        if (space)
-                *space = 0;
+                return 0;
+        early_console_initialized = 1;
 
-        if (strstr(buf,"keep"))
+        if (!strcmp(buf,"keep"))
                 keep_early = 1;
 
         if (!strncmp(buf, "serial", 6)) {
@@ -248,11 +244,12 @@ int __init setup_early_printk(char *opt)
                 early_console = &simnow_console;
                 keep_early = 1;
         }
-        early_console_initialized = 1;
         register_console(early_console);
         return 0;
 }
 
+early_param("earlyprintk", setup_early_printk);
+
 void __init disable_early_printk(void)
 {
         if (!early_console_initialized || !early_console)
@@ -266,4 +263,3 @@ void __init disable_early_printk(void)
         }
 }
 
-__setup("earlyprintk=", setup_early_printk);