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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:02:30 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:02:30 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 4.19.249.upstream/4.19.249
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..833f826d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +This document describes one way to create the initrd directory hierarchy +in order to allow an initrd to be built into your kernel. The trick +here is to steal the initrd file used on your Linux laptop, Ubuntu in +this case. There are probably much better ways of doing this. + +That said, here are the commands: + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +cd tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture +zcat /initrd.img > /tmp/initrd.img.zcat +mkdir initrd +cd initrd +cpio -id < /tmp/initrd.img.zcat +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Another way to create an initramfs image is using "dracut"[1], which is +available on many distros, however the initramfs dracut generates is a cpio +archive with another cpio archive in it, so an extra step is needed to create +the initrd directory hierarchy. + +Here are the commands to create a initrd directory for rcutorture using +dracut: + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +dracut --no-hostonly --no-hostonly-cmdline --module "base bash shutdown" /tmp/initramfs.img +cd tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture +mkdir initrd +cd initrd +/usr/lib/dracut/skipcpio /tmp/initramfs.img | zcat | cpio -id < /tmp/initramfs.img +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Interestingly enough, if you are running rcutorture, you don't really +need userspace in many cases. Running without userspace has the +advantage of allowing you to test your kernel independently of the +distro in place, the root-filesystem layout, and so on. To make this +happen, put the following script in the initrd's tree's "/init" file, +with 0755 mode. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +#!/bin/sh + +[ -d /dev ] || mkdir -m 0755 /dev +[ -d /root ] || mkdir -m 0700 /root +[ -d /sys ] || mkdir /sys +[ -d /proc ] || mkdir /proc +[ -d /tmp ] || mkdir /tmp +mkdir -p /var/lock +mount -t sysfs -o nodev,noexec,nosuid sysfs /sys +mount -t proc -o nodev,noexec,nosuid proc /proc +# Some things don't work properly without /etc/mtab. +ln -sf /proc/mounts /etc/mtab + +# Note that this only becomes /dev on the real filesystem if udev's scripts +# are used; which they will be, but it's worth pointing out +if ! mount -t devtmpfs -o mode=0755 udev /dev; then + echo "W: devtmpfs not available, falling back to tmpfs for /dev" + mount -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 udev /dev + [ -e /dev/console ] || mknod --mode=600 /dev/console c 5 1 + [ -e /dev/kmsg ] || mknod --mode=644 /dev/kmsg c 1 11 + [ -e /dev/null ] || mknod --mode=666 /dev/null c 1 3 +fi + +mkdir /dev/pts +mount -t devpts -o noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620 devpts /dev/pts || true +mount -t tmpfs -o "nosuid,size=20%,mode=0755" tmpfs /run +mkdir /run/initramfs +# compatibility symlink for the pre-oneiric locations +ln -s /run/initramfs /dev/.initramfs + +# Export relevant variables +export ROOT= +export ROOTDELAY= +export ROOTFLAGS= +export ROOTFSTYPE= +export IP= +export BOOT= +export BOOTIF= +export UBIMTD= +export break= +export init=/sbin/init +export quiet=n +export readonly=y +export rootmnt=/root +export debug= +export panic= +export blacklist= +export resume= +export resume_offset= +export recovery= + +for i in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/online +do + case $i in + '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/online') + ;; + '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/online') + ;; + *) + echo 1 > $i + ;; + esac +done + +while : +do + sleep 10 +done +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +References: +[1]: https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page +[2]: http://blog.elastocloud.org/2015/06/rapid-linux-kernel-devtest-with-qemu.html +[3]: https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51621 |