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21-Feb-2023 |
Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> |
Allow forcing unconditional bootconfig processing The BOOT_CONFIG family of Kconfig options allows a bootconfig file containing kernel boot parameters to be embedded into an initrd or into the kernel itself. This can be extremely useful when deploying kernels in cases where some of the boot parameters depend on the kernel version rather than on the server hardware, firmware, or workload. Unfortunately, the "bootconfig" kernel parameter must be specified in order to cause the kernel to look for the embedded bootconfig file, and it clearly does not help to embed this "bootconfig" kernel parameter into that file. Therefore, provide a new BOOT_CONFIG_FORCE Kconfig option that causes the kernel to act as if the "bootconfig" kernel parameter had been specified. In other words, kernels built with CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_FORCE=y will look for the embedded bootconfig file even when the "bootconfig" kernel parameter is omitted. This permits kernel-version-dependent kernel boot parameters to be embedded into the kernel image without the need to (for example) update large numbers of boot loaders. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230105005838.GA1772817@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1/ Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
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02-Dec-2022 |
Kushagra Verma <kushagra765@outlook.com> |
Documentation: Fixed a typo in bootconfig.rst Fixed a typo in the word 'concatenated'. Signed-off-by: Kushagra Verma <kushagra765@outlook.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/HK0PR01MB2801DA243B726141A97FE92EF8179@HK0PR01MB2801.apcprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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05-Apr-2022 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
docs: bootconfig: Add how to embed the bootconfig into kernel Add a description how to embed the bootconfig file into kernel. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/164921228987.1090670.16843569536974147213.stgit@devnote2 Cc: Padmanabha Srinivasaiah <treasure4paddy@gmail.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Cc: Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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04-Sep-2021 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
docs: bootconfig: Add how to use bootconfig for kernel parameters Add a section to describe how to use the bootconfig for specifying kernel and init parameters. This is an important section because it is the reason why this document is under the admin-guide. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/163077086399.222577.5881779375643977991.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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02-Jun-2021 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
docs: bootconfig: Update for mixing value and subkeys Update document for the mixing value and subkeys on a key. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/162262196510.264090.15044943496205914148.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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07-Jan-2021 |
Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com> |
docs: admin-guide: bootconfig: Fix feils to fails s/feils/fails/p Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210107125610.1576368-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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19-Nov-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
docs: bootconfig: Add the endianness of fields Add a description about the endianness of the size and the checksum fields. Those must be stored as le32 instead of u32. This will allow us to apply bootconfig to the cross build initrd without caring the endianness. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160583936246.547349.10964204130590955409.stgit@devnote2 Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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18-Nov-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
docs: bootconfig: Update file format on initrd image To align the total file size, add padding null character when appending the bootconfig to initrd image. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160576522916.320071.4145530996151028855.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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15-Jul-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
Documentation: bootconfig: Add bootconfig override operator Add a sentence about bootconfig override operator (":=") to bootconfig.rst. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/159482884682.126704.7198860675721719878.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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21-Feb-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
bootconfig: Add append value operator support Add append value operator "+=" support to bootconfig syntax. With this operator, user can add new value to the key as an entry of array instead of overwriting. For example, foo = bar ... foo += baz Then the key "foo" has "bar" and "baz" values as an array. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/158227283195.12842.8310503105963275584.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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21-Feb-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
bootconfig: Prohibit re-defining value on same key Currently, bootconfig adds a new value on the existing key to the tail of an array. But this looks a bit confusing because an admin can easily rewrite the original value in the same config file. This rejects the following value re-definition. key = value1 ... key = value2 You should rewrite value1 to value2 in this case. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/158227282199.12842.10110929876059658601.stgit@devnote2 Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> [ Fixed spelling of arraies to arrays ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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20-Feb-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
bootconfig: Reject subkey and value on same parent key Reject if a value node is mixed with subkey node on same parent key node. A value node can not co-exist with subkey node under some key node, e.g. key = value key.subkey = another-value This is not be allowed because bootconfig API is not designed to handle such case. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/158220115232.26565.7792340045009731803.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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20-Feb-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
bootconfig: Add bootconfig magic word for indicating bootconfig explicitly Add bootconfig magic word to the end of bootconfig on initrd image for indicating explicitly the bootconfig is there. Also tools/bootconfig treats wrong size or wrong checksum or parse error as an error, because if there is a bootconfig magic word, there must be a bootconfig. The bootconfig magic word is "#BOOTCONFIG\n", 12 bytes word. Thus the block image of the initrd file with bootconfig is as follows. [Initrd][bootconfig][size][csum][#BOOTCONFIG\n] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/158220112263.26565.3944814205960612841.stgit@devnote2 Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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09-Feb-2020 |
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> |
Documentation: bootconfig: fix Sphinx block warning Fix Sphinx format warning: lnx-56-rc1/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst:26: WARNING: Literal block expected; none found. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/07b3e31f-9b1e-1876-aa60-4436e4dd6da0@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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04-Feb-2020 |
Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> |
bootconfig: Only load bootconfig if "bootconfig" is on the kernel cmdline As the bootconfig is appended to the initrd it is not as easy to modify as the kernel command line. If there's some issue with the kernel, and the developer wants to boot a pristine kernel, it should not be needed to modify the initrd to remove the bootconfig for a single boot. As bootconfig is silently added (if the admin does not know where to look they may not know it's being loaded). It should be explicitly added to the kernel cmdline. The loading of the bootconfig is only done if "bootconfig" is on the kernel command line. This will let admins know that the kernel command line is extended. Note, after adding printk()s for when the size is too great or the checksum is wrong, exposed that the current method always looked for the boot config, and if this size and checksum matched, it would parse it (as if either is wrong a printk has been added to show this). It's better to only check this if the boot config is asked to be looked for. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wjfjO+h6bQzrTf=YCZA53Y3EDyAs3Z4gEsT7icA3u_Psw@mail.gmail.com Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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19-Jan-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
Documentation: bootconfig: Fix typos in bootconfig documentation Fix typos in bootconfig.rst according to Randy's suggestions. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/157949059219.25888.16939971423610233631.stgit@devnote2 Suggested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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10-Jan-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
Documentation: tracing: Add boot-time tracing document Add a documentation about boot-time tracing options in boot config. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/157867246028.17873.8047384554383977870.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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10-Jan-2020 |
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
Documentation: bootconfig: Add a doc for extended boot config Add a documentation for extended boot config under admin-guide, since it is including the syntax of boot config. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/157867230658.17873.9309879174829924324.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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