The initramfs generation is broken for file and directory names which contain colons or spaces. Print an error and don't try to continue.
Tests: cd linux make defconfig echo 'CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y' >> .config echo 'CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID=0' >>.config echo 'CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID=0' >>.config echo 'CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE=y' >>.config echo 'CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/tmp/bugroot"' >>.config Problem with colons: mkdir -p /tmp/bugroot/a:b make -j4 bzImage # no error make bzImage # try again, oops Problem with spaces: mkdir -p /tmp/bugroot/a\ b make -j4 bzImage # no error zcat usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz | cpio --extract --list # oops, no content Signed-off-by: Alexander Holler <hol...@ahsoftware.de> --- scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh index 17fa901..aacf366 100644 --- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh +++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh @@ -171,6 +171,17 @@ dir_filelist() { ${dep_list}header "$1" srcdir=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's://*:/:g') + + # Files and directories with spaces and colons are unsupported. + local unsupported=$(find "${srcdir}" -regex '.*\(:\| \).*') + if [ ! -z "${unsupported}" ]; then + printf "ERROR: Unable to handle files/directories with " >&2 + printf "unsupported characters.\nPlease use other ways " >&2 + printf "generate a cpio-archive.\nUnsupported files and " >&2 + printf "directories are:\n$unsupported\n" >&2 + exit 1 + fi + dirlist=$(find "${srcdir}" -printf "%p %m %U %G\n") # If $dirlist is only one line, then the directory is empty -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/