Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Bodo Eggert wrote:
> > > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > >> Bodo Eggert wrote:
> > >>> Setting the name of the rdinit process to the name of the init
> > >>> process in order to select the root device should not be the right
> > >>> knob.
> > >>
> > >> What's wrong with it?
> > >
> > > rdinit is supposed to be the program that mounts, root is supposed to
> > > be whatever is mounted and init is supposed to run the system. Three
> > > different things. Now if you want to change the third, just set the
> > > first to the second ...
> >
> > That only applies to a model that you explicitly doesn't want to use.
>
> I don't want to use rdinit, because there is no task for rdinit(3), and I
> don't want to mount a filesystem(3). But I do want to use init(2).
>
> I have to lie to the kernel saying (2) is (1) in order to trick it into
> beleaving I'd do (3) myself, which I don't, just in order to not do (3).
> If the bug of not calling the security hook would be fixed, this trick
> would use the path where rdinit is expected to trigger the callback, but
> since that rdinit would be no rdinit, that callback would still be wrongly
> skipped. That would not be a bad thing for my setup, but it clearly shows
> this setup to be wrong.
>
> The correct solution is tell the kernel not to do (3) if you don't want
> it to do (3). The rest will work as intended.
Sounds rather confusing.
This is how I see it:
initrd=initrd.img.gz implies root=rootfs
rdinit=/bin/sh is the special init=/bin/sh for initrd.
Both initrd/root and rdinit/init must be separate for pivoting to succeed.
If you want to drop into the initrd (i.e. rootfs), then instruct your
initrd.img.gz not to pivot (i.e. not over-mount another filesystem).
Thanks!
--
Al
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