linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] init: Add support for rootwait timeout parameter

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Date:   Sun,  6 Aug 2023 12:12:17 +0200
From:   Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
To:     brauner@...nel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, corbet@....net
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org,
        rdunlap@...radead.org, Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3] init: Add support for rootwait timeout parameter

Add an optional timeout arg to 'rootwait' as the maximum time in
seconds to wait for the root device to show up before attempting
forced mount of the root filesystem.

Use case:
In case of device mapper usage for the rootfs (e.g. root=/dev/dm-0),
if the mapper is not able to create the virtual block for any reason
(wrong arguments, bad dm-verity signature, etc), the `rootwait` param
causes the kernel to wait forever. It may however be desirable to only
wait for a given time and then panic (force mount) to cause device reset.
This gives the bootloader a chance to detect the problem and to take some
measures, such as marking the booted partition as bad (for A/B case) or
entering a recovery mode.

In success case, mounting happens as soon as the root device is ready,
unlike the existing 'rootdelay' parameter which performs an unconditional
pause.

Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
---
 v2: rebase + reword: add use case example
 v3: Use kstrtoint instead of deprecated simple_strtoul

 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  4 ++++
 init/do_mounts.c                              | 24 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index a1457995fd41..387cf9c2a2c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5501,6 +5501,10 @@
 			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
 			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
 
+	rootwait=	[KNL] Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for root device
+			to show up before attempting to mount the root
+			filesystem.
+
 	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
 			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
 			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 1aa015883519..98190bf34a9f 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/ramfs.h>
 #include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
+#include <linux/ktime.h>
 
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs_sb.h>
@@ -71,12 +72,25 @@ static int __init rootwait_setup(char *str)
 {
 	if (*str)
 		return 0;
-	root_wait = 1;
+	root_wait = -1;
 	return 1;
 }
 
 __setup("rootwait", rootwait_setup);
 
+static int __init rootwait_timeout_setup(char *str)
+{
+	if (kstrtoint(str, 0, &root_wait) || root_wait < 0) {
+		pr_warn("ignoring invalid rootwait value\n");
+		/* fallback to indefinite wait */
+		root_wait = -1;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("rootwait=", rootwait_timeout_setup);
+
 static char * __initdata root_mount_data;
 static int __init root_data_setup(char *str)
 {
@@ -384,14 +398,20 @@ void __init mount_root(char *root_device_name)
 /* wait for any asynchronous scanning to complete */
 static void __init wait_for_root(char *root_device_name)
 {
+	const ktime_t end = ktime_add_ms(ktime_get_raw(), root_wait * MSEC_PER_SEC);
+
 	if (ROOT_DEV != 0)
 		return;
 
 	pr_info("Waiting for root device %s...\n", root_device_name);
 
 	while (!driver_probe_done() ||
-	       early_lookup_bdev(root_device_name, &ROOT_DEV) < 0)
+	       early_lookup_bdev(root_device_name, &ROOT_DEV) < 0) {
 		msleep(5);
+		if (root_wait > 0 && ktime_after(ktime_get_raw(), end))
+			break;
+	}
+
 	async_synchronize_full();
 
 }
-- 
2.34.1