XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G is set on vmlinuz shipped by Fedora-28 so that
it's allowed to be loaded below 4 GB address.
timeout is updated to 5 minutes as well since we need more time to load a
large initrd to the guest
CC: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta
CC: Caio Carrara
CC: Cleber Rosa
CC: Eduardo Habkost
CC: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian
---
V2: fix typos
---
tests/acceptance/linux_initrd.py | 37 -
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/linux_initrd.py b/tests/acceptance/linux_initrd.py
index b283715..29f5b06 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/linux_initrd.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/linux_initrd.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
# later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+import logging
import tempfile
from avocado.utils.process import run
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class LinuxInitrd(Test):
:avocado: tags=x86_64
"""
-timeout = 60
+timeout = 300
def test_with_2gib_file_should_exit_error_msg_with_linux_v3_6(self):
"""
@@ -48,3 +49,37 @@ class LinuxInitrd(Test):
expected_msg = r'.*initrd is too large.*max: \d+, need %s.*' % (
max_size + 1)
self.assertRegex(res.stderr_text, expected_msg)
+
+def test_with_2gib_file_should_work_with_linux_v4_16(self):
+"""
+QEMU has supported up to 4 GiB initrd for recent kernel
+Expect guest can reach 'Unpacking initramfs...'
+"""
+kernel_url = ('https://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/28/'
+ 'Everything/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz')
+kernel_hash = '238e083e114c48200f80d889f7e32eeb2793e02a'
+kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
+max_size = 2 * (1024 ** 3) + 1
+
+with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as initrd:
+initrd.seek(max_size)
+initrd.write(b'\0')
+initrd.flush()
+
+self.vm.set_machine('pc')
+self.vm.set_console()
+kernel_command_line = 'console=ttyS0'
+self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+ '-append', kernel_command_line,
+ '-initrd', initrd.name,
+ '-m', '5120')
+self.vm.launch()
+console = self.vm.console_socket.makefile()
+console_logger = logging.getLogger('console')
+while True:
+msg = console.readline()
+console_logger.debug(msg.strip())
+if 'Unpacking initramfs...' in msg:
+break
+if 'Kernel panic - not syncing' in msg:
+self.fail("Kernel panic reached")
--
2.7.4
