Merge branch 'x86/entry' into ras/core

to fixup conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c so MCE specific follow
up patches can be applied without creating a horrible merge conflict
afterwards.

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 */