I believe we are both referring to this post: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1677099 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1677099 In it

I believe we are both referring to this post: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1677099 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1677099 In it, Linus says the following: > No, we very much expose /proc/cmdline for a reason. System services are supposed to parse it [...] And yes, that does include "quiet" and "debug". Parsing them and doing something sane with them is not a bug, it's a feature.