On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 03:29:14AM +0000, Peng Liu wrote:
> When __setup() return '0', using invalid option values causes the
> entire kernel boot option string to be reported as Unknown. Hugetlb
> calls __setup() and will return '0' when set invalid parameter
> string.
>
> The following phenomenon is observed:
> cmdline:
> hugepagesz=1Y hugepages=1
> dmesg:
> HugeTLB: unsupported hugepagesz=1Y
> HugeTLB: hugepages=1 does not follow a valid hugepagesz, ignoring
> Unknown kernel command line parameters "hugepagesz=1Y hugepages=1"
>
> Since hugetlb will print warning/error information before return for
> invalid parameter string, just use return '1' to avoid print again.
>
Can't return -EINVAL? It is weird to return 1 on failure.
Thanks.