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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 09:06:10 +0900
From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] bootconfig: Only load bootconfig if "bootconfig" is
on the kernel cmdline
On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 11:04:46 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
>
> From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>
> As the bootconfig is appended to the initrd it is not as easy to modify as
> the kernel command line. If there's some issue with the kernel, and the
> developer wants to boot a pristine kernel, it should not be needed to modify
> the initrd to remove the bootconfig for a single boot.
>
> As bootconfig is silently added (if the admin does not know where to look
> they may not know it's being loaded). It should be explicitly added to the
> kernel cmdline. The loading of the bootconfig is only done if "bootconfig"
> is on the kernel command line. This will let admins know that the kernel
> command line is extended.
>
> Note, after adding printk()s for when the size is too great or the checksum
> is wrong, exposed that the current method always looked for the boot config,
> and if this size and checksum matched, it would parse it (as if either is
> wrong a printk has been added to show this). It's better to only check this
> if the boot config is asked to be looked for.
Thanks for adding this feature :) This looks good to me.
Please add my ack when you fix the error message of "config=bootconfig".
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Thank you!
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wjfjO+h6bQzrTf=YCZA53Y3EDyAs3Z4gEsT7icA3u_Psw@mail.gmail.com
>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> ---
> Changes from v2:
> - Use "bootconfig" instead of "config=bootconifg"
>
> Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst | 2 ++
> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++
> init/main.c | 28 ++++++++++++++-----
> 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
> index 4d617693c0c8..b342a6796392 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
> @@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ To remove the config from the image, you can use -d option as below::
>
> # tools/bootconfig/bootconfig -d /boot/initrd.img-X.Y.Z
>
> +Then add "bootconfig" on the normal kernel command line to tell the
> +kernel to look for the bootconfig at the end of the initrd file.
>
> Config File Limitation
> ======================
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index ade4e6ec23e0..b48c70ba9841 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -437,6 +437,12 @@
> no delay (0).
> Format: integer
>
> + bootconfig [KNL]
> + Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
> + and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
> +
> + See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
> +
> bert_disable [ACPI]
> Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
>
> diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> index dd7da62d99a5..1465fb2d7277 100644
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -336,28 +336,39 @@ u32 boot_config_checksum(unsigned char *p, u32 size)
> return ret;
> }
>
> -static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
> +static void __init setup_boot_config(const char *cmdline)
> {
> u32 size, csum;
> char *data, *copy;
> + const char *p;
> u32 *hdr;
>
> - if (!initrd_end)
> + p = strstr(cmdline, "bootconfig");
> + if (!p || (p != cmdline && !isspace(*(p-1))) ||
> + (p[10] && !isspace(p[10])))
> return;
>
> + if (!initrd_end)
> + goto not_found;
> +
> hdr = (u32 *)(initrd_end - 8);
> size = hdr[0];
> csum = hdr[1];
>
> - if (size >= XBC_DATA_MAX)
> + if (size >= XBC_DATA_MAX) {
> + pr_err("bootconfig size %d greater than max size %d\n",
> + size, XBC_DATA_MAX);
> return;
> + }
>
> data = ((void *)hdr) - size;
> if ((unsigned long)data < initrd_start)
> - return;
> + goto not_found;
>
> - if (boot_config_checksum((unsigned char *)data, size) != csum)
> + if (boot_config_checksum((unsigned char *)data, size) != csum) {
> + pr_err("bootconfig checksum failed\n");
> return;
> + }
>
> copy = memblock_alloc(size + 1, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
> if (!copy) {
> @@ -377,9 +388,12 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
> /* Also, "init." keys are init arguments */
> extra_init_args = xbc_make_cmdline("init");
> }
> + return;
> +not_found:
> + pr_err("config=bootconfig on command line, but no bootconfig found\n");
> }
> #else
> -#define setup_boot_config() do { } while (0)
> +#define setup_boot_config(cmdline) do { } while (0)
> #endif
>
> /* Change NUL term back to "=", to make "param" the whole string. */
> @@ -760,7 +774,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
> pr_notice("%s", linux_banner);
> early_security_init();
> setup_arch(&command_line);
> - setup_boot_config();
> + setup_boot_config(command_line);
> setup_command_line(command_line);
> setup_nr_cpu_ids();
> setup_per_cpu_areas();
> --
> 2.20.1
>
--
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
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