diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index af2c85d3a1dde028e7fad140da14ef62f56a6127..6c7a10a6d71e59ead3e12003399b4f97993ebc6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ struct synth_event_trace_state {
 	struct synth_event *event;
 	unsigned int cur_field;
 	unsigned int n_u64;
-	bool enabled;
+	bool disabled;
 	bool add_next;
 	bool add_name;
 };
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index cfee56c151f14fe390a5d4780b840313526c04bb..452bc1835cd4d91339ad187f9f935b636d3a94e9 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1227,7 +1227,6 @@ endif
 config BOOT_CONFIG
 	bool "Boot config support"
 	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
-	select LIBXBC
 	default y
 	help
 	  Extra boot config allows system admin to pass a config file as
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index cc0ee4873419ce36558a3ec8d2561f78d6407e1c..f95b014a5479712176e385174cb81ff51e1b65df 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ static char *extra_command_line;
 /* Extra init arguments */
 static char *extra_init_args;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG
+/* Is bootconfig on command line? */
+static bool bootconfig_found;
+static bool initargs_found;
+#else
+# define bootconfig_found false
+# define initargs_found false
+#endif
+
 static char *execute_command;
 static char *ramdisk_execute_command;
 
@@ -336,17 +345,30 @@ u32 boot_config_checksum(unsigned char *p, u32 size)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int __init bootconfig_params(char *param, char *val,
+				    const char *unused, void *arg)
+{
+	if (strcmp(param, "bootconfig") == 0) {
+		bootconfig_found = true;
+	} else if (strcmp(param, "--") == 0) {
+		initargs_found = true;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void __init setup_boot_config(const char *cmdline)
 {
+	static char tmp_cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
 	u32 size, csum;
 	char *data, *copy;
-	const char *p;
 	u32 *hdr;
 	int ret;
 
-	p = strstr(cmdline, "bootconfig");
-	if (!p || (p != cmdline && !isspace(*(p-1))) ||
-	    (p[10] && !isspace(p[10])))
+	strlcpy(tmp_cmdline, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	parse_args("bootconfig", tmp_cmdline, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL,
+		   bootconfig_params);
+
+	if (!bootconfig_found)
 		return;
 
 	if (!initrd_end)
@@ -562,11 +584,12 @@ static void __init setup_command_line(char *command_line)
 		 * to init.
 		 */
 		len = strlen(saved_command_line);
-		if (!strstr(boot_command_line, " -- ")) {
+		if (initargs_found) {
+			saved_command_line[len++] = ' ';
+		} else {
 			strcpy(saved_command_line + len, " -- ");
 			len += 4;
-		} else
-			saved_command_line[len++] = ' ';
+		}
 
 		strcpy(saved_command_line + len, extra_init_args);
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index e7ce7cdac62f3016ae541e0cb4302fd31f5abf41..483b3fd1094f3b17f9df87eeee0448f43f62cf5b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -1798,6 +1798,60 @@ void synth_event_cmd_init(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, char *buf, int maxlen)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synth_event_cmd_init);
 
+static inline int
+__synth_event_trace_start(struct trace_event_file *file,
+			  struct synth_event_trace_state *trace_state)
+{
+	int entry_size, fields_size = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Normal event tracing doesn't get called at all unless the
+	 * ENABLED bit is set (which attaches the probe thus allowing
+	 * this code to be called, etc).  Because this is called
+	 * directly by the user, we don't have that but we still need
+	 * to honor not logging when disabled.  For the the iterated
+	 * trace case, we save the enabed state upon start and just
+	 * ignore the following data calls.
+	 */
+	if (!(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED) ||
+	    trace_trigger_soft_disabled(file)) {
+		trace_state->disabled = true;
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	trace_state->event = file->event_call->data;
+
+	fields_size = trace_state->event->n_u64 * sizeof(u64);
+
+	/*
+	 * Avoid ring buffer recursion detection, as this event
+	 * is being performed within another event.
+	 */
+	trace_state->buffer = file->tr->array_buffer.buffer;
+	ring_buffer_nest_start(trace_state->buffer);
+
+	entry_size = sizeof(*trace_state->entry) + fields_size;
+	trace_state->entry = trace_event_buffer_reserve(&trace_state->fbuffer,
+							file,
+							entry_size);
+	if (!trace_state->entry) {
+		ring_buffer_nest_end(trace_state->buffer);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void
+__synth_event_trace_end(struct synth_event_trace_state *trace_state)
+{
+	trace_event_buffer_commit(&trace_state->fbuffer);
+
+	ring_buffer_nest_end(trace_state->buffer);
+}
+
 /**
  * synth_event_trace - Trace a synthetic event
  * @file: The trace_event_file representing the synthetic event
@@ -1819,71 +1873,38 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synth_event_cmd_init);
  */
 int synth_event_trace(struct trace_event_file *file, unsigned int n_vals, ...)
 {
-	struct trace_event_buffer fbuffer;
-	struct synth_trace_event *entry;
-	struct trace_buffer *buffer;
-	struct synth_event *event;
+	struct synth_event_trace_state state;
 	unsigned int i, n_u64;
-	int fields_size = 0;
 	va_list args;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Normal event generation doesn't get called at all unless
-	 * the ENABLED bit is set (which attaches the probe thus
-	 * allowing this code to be called, etc).  Because this is
-	 * called directly by the user, we don't have that but we
-	 * still need to honor not logging when disabled.
-	 */
-	if (!(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED))
-		return 0;
-
-	event = file->event_call->data;
-
-	if (n_vals != event->n_fields)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (trace_trigger_soft_disabled(file))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	fields_size = event->n_u64 * sizeof(u64);
-
-	/*
-	 * Avoid ring buffer recursion detection, as this event
-	 * is being performed within another event.
-	 */
-	buffer = file->tr->array_buffer.buffer;
-	ring_buffer_nest_start(buffer);
+	int ret;
 
-	entry = trace_event_buffer_reserve(&fbuffer, file,
-					   sizeof(*entry) + fields_size);
-	if (!entry) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+	ret = __synth_event_trace_start(file, &state);
+	if (ret) {
+		if (ret == -ENOENT)
+			ret = 0; /* just disabled, not really an error */
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	va_start(args, n_vals);
-	for (i = 0, n_u64 = 0; i < event->n_fields; i++) {
+	for (i = 0, n_u64 = 0; i < state.event->n_fields; i++) {
 		u64 val;
 
 		val = va_arg(args, u64);
 
-		if (event->fields[i]->is_string) {
+		if (state.event->fields[i]->is_string) {
 			char *str_val = (char *)(long)val;
-			char *str_field = (char *)&entry->fields[n_u64];
+			char *str_field = (char *)&state.entry->fields[n_u64];
 
 			strscpy(str_field, str_val, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
 			n_u64 += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64);
 		} else {
-			entry->fields[n_u64] = val;
+			state.entry->fields[n_u64] = val;
 			n_u64++;
 		}
 	}
 	va_end(args);
 
-	trace_event_buffer_commit(&fbuffer);
-out:
-	ring_buffer_nest_end(buffer);
+	__synth_event_trace_end(&state);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1910,64 +1931,31 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synth_event_trace);
 int synth_event_trace_array(struct trace_event_file *file, u64 *vals,
 			    unsigned int n_vals)
 {
-	struct trace_event_buffer fbuffer;
-	struct synth_trace_event *entry;
-	struct trace_buffer *buffer;
-	struct synth_event *event;
+	struct synth_event_trace_state state;
 	unsigned int i, n_u64;
-	int fields_size = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Normal event generation doesn't get called at all unless
-	 * the ENABLED bit is set (which attaches the probe thus
-	 * allowing this code to be called, etc).  Because this is
-	 * called directly by the user, we don't have that but we
-	 * still need to honor not logging when disabled.
-	 */
-	if (!(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED))
-		return 0;
-
-	event = file->event_call->data;
-
-	if (n_vals != event->n_fields)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (trace_trigger_soft_disabled(file))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	fields_size = event->n_u64 * sizeof(u64);
-
-	/*
-	 * Avoid ring buffer recursion detection, as this event
-	 * is being performed within another event.
-	 */
-	buffer = file->tr->array_buffer.buffer;
-	ring_buffer_nest_start(buffer);
+	int ret;
 
-	entry = trace_event_buffer_reserve(&fbuffer, file,
-					   sizeof(*entry) + fields_size);
-	if (!entry) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+	ret = __synth_event_trace_start(file, &state);
+	if (ret) {
+		if (ret == -ENOENT)
+			ret = 0; /* just disabled, not really an error */
+		return ret;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0, n_u64 = 0; i < event->n_fields; i++) {
-		if (event->fields[i]->is_string) {
+	for (i = 0, n_u64 = 0; i < state.event->n_fields; i++) {
+		if (state.event->fields[i]->is_string) {
 			char *str_val = (char *)(long)vals[i];
-			char *str_field = (char *)&entry->fields[n_u64];
+			char *str_field = (char *)&state.entry->fields[n_u64];
 
 			strscpy(str_field, str_val, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
 			n_u64 += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64);
 		} else {
-			entry->fields[n_u64] = vals[i];
+			state.entry->fields[n_u64] = vals[i];
 			n_u64++;
 		}
 	}
 
-	trace_event_buffer_commit(&fbuffer);
-out:
-	ring_buffer_nest_end(buffer);
+	__synth_event_trace_end(&state);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2004,58 +1992,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synth_event_trace_array);
 int synth_event_trace_start(struct trace_event_file *file,
 			    struct synth_event_trace_state *trace_state)
 {
-	struct synth_trace_event *entry;
-	int fields_size = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (!trace_state) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!trace_state)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	memset(trace_state, '\0', sizeof(*trace_state));
 
-	/*
-	 * Normal event tracing doesn't get called at all unless the
-	 * ENABLED bit is set (which attaches the probe thus allowing
-	 * this code to be called, etc).  Because this is called
-	 * directly by the user, we don't have that but we still need
-	 * to honor not logging when disabled.  For the the iterated
-	 * trace case, we save the enabed state upon start and just
-	 * ignore the following data calls.
-	 */
-	if (!(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED)) {
-		trace_state->enabled = false;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	trace_state->enabled = true;
-
-	trace_state->event = file->event_call->data;
-
-	if (trace_trigger_soft_disabled(file)) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ret = __synth_event_trace_start(file, trace_state);
+	if (ret == -ENOENT)
+		ret = 0; /* just disabled, not really an error */
 
-	fields_size = trace_state->event->n_u64 * sizeof(u64);
-
-	/*
-	 * Avoid ring buffer recursion detection, as this event
-	 * is being performed within another event.
-	 */
-	trace_state->buffer = file->tr->array_buffer.buffer;
-	ring_buffer_nest_start(trace_state->buffer);
-
-	entry = trace_event_buffer_reserve(&trace_state->fbuffer, file,
-					   sizeof(*entry) + fields_size);
-	if (!entry) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	trace_state->entry = entry;
-out:
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synth_event_trace_start);
@@ -2088,7 +2035,7 @@ static int __synth_event_add_val(const char *field_name, u64 val,
 		trace_state->add_next = true;
 	}
 
-	if (!trace_state->enabled)
+	if (trace_state->disabled)
 		goto out;
 
 	event = trace_state->event;
@@ -2223,9 +2170,7 @@ int synth_event_trace_end(struct synth_event_trace_state *trace_state)
 	if (!trace_state)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	trace_event_buffer_commit(&trace_state->fbuffer);
-
-	ring_buffer_nest_end(trace_state->buffer);
+	__synth_event_trace_end(trace_state);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index d8264ebb95814a53cdfd1031b03b8e869a2c5f00..362cca52f5de2dba861376c0e5c286d66c5ceb4e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ int __kprobe_event_add_fields(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, ...)
 {
 	struct dynevent_arg arg;
 	va_list args;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (cmd->type != DYNEVENT_TYPE_KPROBE)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 0cf875fd627c062149c1ec4e34e181d0b34357bf..bc7e56370129257a7c459cccc68741522ed94528 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -573,9 +573,6 @@ config DIMLIB
 config LIBFDT
 	bool
 
-config LIBXBC
-	bool
-
 config OID_REGISTRY
 	tristate
 	help
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 5d64890d6b6a25e6d9d7c303608c8a8828ebb225..611872c0692693f8e6c5048f1e5902ecdf429511 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ $(foreach file, $(libfdt_files), \
 	$(eval CFLAGS_$(file) = -I $(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt))
 lib-$(CONFIG_LIBFDT) += $(libfdt_files)
 
-lib-$(CONFIG_LIBXBC) += bootconfig.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG) += bootconfig.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_RBTREE_TEST) += rbtree_test.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTERVAL_TREE_TEST) += interval_tree_test.o
diff --git a/lib/bootconfig.c b/lib/bootconfig.c
index afb2e767e6fe83b7ce42f29aba58c935c6b709cb..3ea601a2eba5fbdaaabcbca5dc6d7bcdce075732 100644
--- a/lib/bootconfig.c
+++ b/lib/bootconfig.c
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)    "bootconfig: " fmt
 
+#include <linux/bootconfig.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
-#include <linux/bootconfig.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 
 /*
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
  * node (for array).
  */
 
-static struct xbc_node xbc_nodes[XBC_NODE_MAX] __initdata;
+static struct xbc_node *xbc_nodes __initdata;
 static int xbc_node_num __initdata;
 static char *xbc_data __initdata;
 static size_t xbc_data_size __initdata;
@@ -719,7 +720,8 @@ void __init xbc_destroy_all(void)
 	xbc_data = NULL;
 	xbc_data_size = 0;
 	xbc_node_num = 0;
-	memset(xbc_nodes, 0, sizeof(xbc_nodes));
+	memblock_free(__pa(xbc_nodes), sizeof(struct xbc_node) * XBC_NODE_MAX);
+	xbc_nodes = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -748,6 +750,13 @@ int __init xbc_init(char *buf)
 		return -ERANGE;
 	}
 
+	xbc_nodes = memblock_alloc(sizeof(struct xbc_node) * XBC_NODE_MAX,
+				   SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
+	if (!xbc_nodes) {
+		pr_err("Failed to allocate memory for bootconfig nodes.\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	memset(xbc_nodes, 0, sizeof(struct xbc_node) * XBC_NODE_MAX);
 	xbc_data = buf;
 	xbc_data_size = ret + 1;
 	last_parent = NULL;
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/memblock.h b/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/memblock.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7862f217d85d37d234d4679c32ebe7e988a0580b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _XBC_LINUX_MEMBLOCK_H
+#define _XBC_LINUX_MEMBLOCK_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define __pa(addr)	(addr)
+#define SMP_CACHE_BYTES	0
+#define memblock_alloc(size, align)	malloc(size)
+#define memblock_free(paddr, size)	free(paddr)
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/printk.h b/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/printk.h
index 017bcd6912a5cbc0c830e001abed2f9e17f2863e..e978a63d3222c04cd72788547b421deafdd38517 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 /* controllable printf */
 extern int pr_output;
 #define printk(fmt, ...)	\
-	(pr_output ? printf(fmt, __VA_ARGS__) : 0)
+	(pr_output ? printf(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__) : 0)
 
 #define pr_err printk
 #define pr_warn	printk
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/main.c b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
index 47f4884583289debf08d2033276a45e4f7e62d71..e18eeb070562bfd44304e99b2256556f40f723b4 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/main.c
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (lseek(fd, -8, SEEK_END) < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
+		pr_err("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
 		return -errno;
 	}
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (lseek(fd, stat.st_size - 8 - size, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
+		pr_err("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
 		return -errno;
 	}
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf)
 	/* Wrong Checksum, maybe no boot config here */
 	rcsum = checksum((unsigned char *)*buf, size);
 	if (csum != rcsum) {
-		printf("checksum error: %d != %d\n", csum, rcsum);
+		pr_err("checksum error: %d != %d\n", csum, rcsum);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ int show_xbc(const char *path)
 
 	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to open initrd %s: %d\n", path, fd);
+		pr_err("Failed to open initrd %s: %d\n", path, fd);
 		return -errno;
 	}
 
 	ret = load_xbc_from_initrd(fd, &buf);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		printf("Failed to load a boot config from initrd: %d\n", ret);
+		pr_err("Failed to load a boot config from initrd: %d\n", ret);
 	else
 		xbc_show_compact_tree();
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ int delete_xbc(const char *path)
 
 	fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to open initrd %s: %d\n", path, fd);
+		pr_err("Failed to open initrd %s: %d\n", path, fd);
 		return -errno;
 	}
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int delete_xbc(const char *path)
 	pr_output = 1;
 	if (size < 0) {
 		ret = size;
-		printf("Failed to load a boot config from initrd: %d\n", ret);
+		pr_err("Failed to load a boot config from initrd: %d\n", ret);
 	} else if (size > 0) {
 		ret = fstat(fd, &stat);
 		if (!ret)
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int apply_xbc(const char *path, const char *xbc_path)
 
 	ret = load_xbc_file(xbc_path, &buf);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to load %s : %d\n", xbc_path, ret);
+		pr_err("Failed to load %s : %d\n", xbc_path, ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	size = strlen(buf) + 1;
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ int apply_xbc(const char *path, const char *xbc_path)
 	/* Check the data format */
 	ret = xbc_init(buf);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to parse %s: %d\n", xbc_path, ret);
+		pr_err("Failed to parse %s: %d\n", xbc_path, ret);
 		free(data);
 		free(buf);
 		return ret;
@@ -279,20 +279,20 @@ int apply_xbc(const char *path, const char *xbc_path)
 	/* Remove old boot config if exists */
 	ret = delete_xbc(path);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to delete previous boot config: %d\n", ret);
+		pr_err("Failed to delete previous boot config: %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
 	/* Apply new one */
 	fd = open(path, O_RDWR | O_APPEND);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to open %s: %d\n", path, fd);
+		pr_err("Failed to open %s: %d\n", path, fd);
 		return fd;
 	}
 	/* TODO: Ensure the @path is initramfs/initrd image */
 	ret = write(fd, data, size + 8);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		printf("Failed to apply a boot config: %d\n", ret);
+		pr_err("Failed to apply a boot config: %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	close(fd);
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (apply && delete) {
-		printf("Error: You can not specify both -a and -d at once.\n");
+		pr_err("Error: You can not specify both -a and -d at once.\n");
 		return usage();
 	}
 
 	if (optind >= argc) {
-		printf("Error: No initrd is specified.\n");
+		pr_err("Error: No initrd is specified.\n");
 		return usage();
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/test-bootconfig.sh b/tools/bootconfig/test-bootconfig.sh
index 87725e8723f87c74f5f1b5340f2e08ce47b3e160..1de06de328e20ccf61fd4d832ad94c0c46e99008 100755
--- a/tools/bootconfig/test-bootconfig.sh
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/test-bootconfig.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ echo "File size check"
 new_size=$(stat -c %s $INITRD)
 xpass test $new_size -eq $initrd_size
 
+echo "No error messge while applying"
+OUTFILE=`mktemp tempout-XXXX`
+dd if=/dev/zero of=$INITRD bs=4096 count=1
+printf " \0\0\0 \0\0\0" >> $INITRD
+$BOOTCONF -a $TEMPCONF $INITRD > $OUTFILE 2>&1
+xfail grep -i "failed" $OUTFILE
+xfail grep -i "error" $OUTFILE
+rm $OUTFILE
+
 echo "Max node number check"
 
 echo -n > $TEMPCONF