On some devices bootloader may hardcoded and overwrite the
bootargs DT property passed in "/chosen" when the kernel is
loaded resulting in the value dropped.

While CMDLINE_FORCE can be used, this is not a good option for
kernels that are shared across devices.

This setting enables using "/chosen/bootargs-override" as the
cmdline if it exists in the device tree.

This broken behaviour was found in various devices from ipq806x Soc,
to Mediatek and even PowerPC.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/of/fdt.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index a8a04f27915b..253315421591 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -1068,8 +1068,16 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen(char *cmdline)
 				fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params));
 	}
 
-	/* Retrieve command line */
-	p = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "bootargs", &l);
+	/*
+	 * Retrieve command line
+	 * bootargs might be hardcoded and overwrite by bootloader on
+	 * kernel load.
+	 * Check if alternative bootargs-override is present instead
+	 * first.
+	 */
+	p = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "bootargs-override", &l);
+	if (p == NULL || l == 0)
+		p = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "bootargs", &l);
 	if (p != NULL && l > 0)
 		strscpy(cmdline, p, min(l, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE));
 
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