+ if (kp->perm & KPARAM_KMALLOCED)
+ kfree(*(char **)kp->arg);
+
+ /* This is a hack. We can't need to strdup in early boot, and we
+ * don't need to; this mangled commandline is preserved. */
+ if (slab_is_available()) {
+ kp->perm |= KPARAM_KMALLOCED;
+ *(char **)kp->arg = kstrdup(val, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!kp->arg)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ } else
+ *(const char **)kp->arg = val;
+