Actual result: [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.37.6 (peter@penguin) (gcc version 4.6.3 20120201 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.6-2012.02) ) #12 Tue Mar 27 23:09:00 CEST 2012 [ 0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled [ 0.000000] CPU revision is: 00018448 (MIPS 4KEc) [ 0.000000] TI AR7 (TNETD7300), ID: 0x0005, Revision: 0x26 [ 0.000000] Determined physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] memory: 02000000 @ 14000000 (usable) [ 0.000000] end of print_memory_map [ 0.000000] After print_memory_map [ 0.000000] boot_command_line 9428cca8 builtin_cmdline ffffff21 COMMAND_LINE_SIZE 4096 Expected: [ 0.000000] boot_command_line 9428cca8 builtin_cmdline 9428ff20 COMMAND_LINE_SIZE 4096 Modified source from http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.37.6/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c#L463 pr_info("Determined physical RAM map:\n"); print_memory_map(); pr_info("After print_memory_map\n"); #ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL pr_info("boot_command_line %p builtin_cmdline %p COMMAND_LINE_SIZE %zu\n", boot_command_line, builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE); pr_info("builtin_cmdline[0] = %c\n", builtin_cmdline[0]); #ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE strlcpy(boot_command_line, builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE); #else if (builtin_cmdline[0]) { pr_info("before first strlcat\n"); strlcat(arcs_cmdline, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE); pr_info("Before second strlcat\n"); strlcat(arcs_cmdline, builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE); } pr_info("Before strlcpy\n"); strlcpy(boot_command_line, arcs_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE); #endif pr_info("%s", boot_command_line); #else strlcpy(boot_command_line, arcs_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE); #endif pr_info("Before boot_command_line strlcpy\n"); strlcpy(command_line, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE); Assembly ; pr_info("Determined physical RAM map:\n"); 9427515c: 3c049423 lui a0,0x9423 94275160: 0d0860f5 jal 0x942183d4 94275164: 2484021c addiu a0,a0,540 ; print_memory_map(); 94275168: 0d09d3ad jal 0x94274eb4 ; print_memory_map 9427516c: 00000000 nop ; pr_info("After print_memory_map\n"); 94275170: 3c049423 lui a0,0x9423 94275174: 0d0860f5 jal 0x942183d4 ; printk 94275178: 24840240 addiu a0,a0,576 ; "<6>After print_memory_map\n" ; pr_info("boot_command_line %p builtin_cmdline %p COMMAND_LINE_SIZE %zu\n", boot_command_line, builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE); 9427517c: 3c049423 lui a0,0x9423 94275180: 2484025c addiu a0,a0,604 ; "<6>boot_command_line %p builtin_cmdline %p COMMAND_LINE_SIZE %zu\n" 94275184: 2625cca8 addiu a1,s1,-13144 ; 0x9428cca8 allocated memory for use 94275188: 2606ff20 addiu a2,s0,-224 ; 0x9428ff20 "console=ttyS0,115200 console=ttyS1,115200" 9427518c: 0d0860f5 jal 0x942183d4 ; printk 94275190: 24071000 li a3,4096 ; 4096