linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: Drop setup

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Date:   Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:03:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>
To:     linux@...ck-us.net
CC:     schwab@...ux-m68k.org, aou@...s.berkeley.edu,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:     Re: [PATCH] riscv: Drop setup_initrd

On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:59:59 PDT (-0700), linux@...ck-us.net wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 11:46:09PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> On Aug 28 2018, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 01:10:20PM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 09 Aug 2018 21:11:40 PDT (-0700), linux@...ck-us.net wrote:
>> >> >setup_initrd() does not appear to serve a practical purpose other than
>> >> >preventing qemu boots with "-initrd" parameter, so let's drop it.
>> >> >
>> >> >Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>> >> >---
>> >> > arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 39 ---------------------------------------
>> >> > 1 file changed, 39 deletions(-)
>> >> >
>> >> >diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
>> >> >index 2e56af3281f8..579f58a42974 100644
>> >> >--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
>> >> >+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
>> >> >@@ -82,41 +82,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page);
>> >> > /* The lucky hart to first increment this variable will boot the other cores */
>> >> > atomic_t hart_lottery;
>> >> >
>> >> >-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
>> >> >-static void __init setup_initrd(void)
>> >> >-{
>> >> >-	extern char __initramfs_start[];
>> >> >-	extern unsigned long __initramfs_size;
>> >> >-	unsigned long size;
>> >> >-
>> >> >-	if (__initramfs_size > 0) {
>> >> >-		initrd_start = (unsigned long)(&__initramfs_start);
>> >> >-		initrd_end = initrd_start + __initramfs_size;
>> >> >-	}
>> >
>> > The underlying problem is probably that __initramfs_size == 512 even
>> > if there is no embedded initrd. Result is that initrd_start and initrd_end
>> > are always overwritten, even if provided and even if there is no embedded
>> > initrd. Result is that initrd_start and initrd_end are always overwritten,
>> > and -initrd from the qemu command line is always ignored.
>> >
>> > A less invasive fix than mine would be
>> >
>> > -	if (__initramfs_size > 0) {
>> > +	if (__initramfs_size > 0 && !initrd_start) {
>> >
>> > Any chance you can test that with your setup ?
>>
>> You should just delete the last four lines above.  They serve no purpose.
>>
>
> You mean the entire if() statement plus the variable declarations ?
>
> That works for me, for both embedded initrd and initrd specified with
> -initrd option, but we still need someone to test if it works for
> Palmer's use case, ie with vmlinux (and possibly initrd) embedded in
> bbl.

This still boots my Fedora images

    diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
    index db20dc630e7e..aee603123030 100644
    --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
    +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
    @@ -85,15 +85,8 @@ atomic_t hart_lottery;
     #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
     static void __init setup_initrd(void)
     {
    -	extern char __initramfs_start[];
    -	extern unsigned long __initramfs_size;
     	unsigned long size;
     
    -	if (__initramfs_size > 0) {
    -		initrd_start = (unsigned long)(&__initramfs_start);
    -		initrd_end = initrd_start + __initramfs_size;
    -	}
    -
     	if (initrd_start >= initrd_end) {
     		printk(KERN_INFO "initrd not found or empty");
     		goto disable;

but I have not tried an integrated initramfs.