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-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/isolation.c21
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/isolation.c b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
index 008d6ac2342b..808244f3ddd9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/isolation.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ __setup("nohz_full=", housekeeping_nohz_full_setup);
static int __init housekeeping_isolcpus_setup(char *str)
{
unsigned int flags = 0;
+ bool illegal = false;
+ char *par;
+ int len;
while (isalpha(*str)) {
if (!strncmp(str, "nohz,", 5)) {
@@ -169,8 +172,22 @@ static int __init housekeeping_isolcpus_setup(char *str)
continue;
}
- pr_warn("isolcpus: Error, unknown flag\n");
- return 0;
+ /*
+ * Skip unknown sub-parameter and validate that it is not
+ * containing an invalid character.
+ */
+ for (par = str, len = 0; *str && *str != ','; str++, len++) {
+ if (!isalpha(*str) && *str != '_')
+ illegal = true;
+ }
+
+ if (illegal) {
+ pr_warn("isolcpus: Invalid flag %.*s\n", len, par);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ pr_info("isolcpus: Skipped unknown flag %.*s\n", len, par);
+ str++;
}
/* Default behaviour for isolcpus without flags */