Al Boldi wrote:
> This patch introduces a rootdir kernel boot parameter, which specifies the
> path to the kernel sys_chroot boot dir.
>
> This is useful for systems that have more than one distribution installed
> on the same fs/partition.
>
>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Signed-off-by: Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> ---
>
> --- a/init/do_mounts.c
> +++ b/init/do_mounts.c
> @@ -252,6 +252,15 @@ __setup("rootflags=", root_data_setup);
> __setup("rootfstype=", fs_names_setup);
> __setup("rootdelay=", root_delay_setup);
>
> +static char * __initdata root_dir;
> +static int __init root_dir_setup(char *str)
> +{
> + root_dir = strcat("./",str);
This line is probably using an overloaded function that does not exist.
Use this instead:
static char __initdata root_dir[128];
static int __init root_dir_setup(char *str)
{
strcpy(root_dir, "./");
strlcat(root_dir, str, sizeof(root_dir) - strlen(root_dir) - 1);
return 1;
}
> +__setup("rootdir=", root_dir_setup);
> +
> static void __init get_fs_names(char *page)
> {
> char *s = page;
> @@ -469,6 +478,10 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
> mount_root();
> out:
> sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
> +
> + if(root_dir)
> + sys_chdir(root_dir);
> +
> sys_chroot(".");
> security_sb_post_mountroot();
> }
Thanks!
--
Al
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