Post #3351337

Well, in this case, the actual change is pointless, but also relatively harmless. If the user puts "split_lock_detect=" during install, then it just carries it forward into the installed environment. It's frankly a bit weird that they assume a kernel argument during install would *not* carry over, except in select circumstances. I get it for parameters like "here's a kickstart file" or "here's the net configuration to boot with", which would be filtered out via a blacklist, but they have a whitelist and assume most parameters should be ignored. But anyway, I can see someone looking at the code change, not recognizing why someone would *want* that argument, but shrug and say "sure, simple enough, it won't impact the vast majority of people and those that bother for whatever reason will just see it carried forward".