Re: [PATCH] init: Introduce rootdir bootparm to select which dir to sys_chroot

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:40:26 +0300 Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> 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 <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> --- 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);
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +
> +__setup("rootdir=", root_dir_setup);

Please update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt when adding __setup
options.

>  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);
> +

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