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Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added
-to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file. The Linux kernel decodes
-the last part of the initrd image in memory to get the boot configuration
-data.
+to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with size, checksum and
+12-byte magic word as below.
+
+[initrd][bootconfig][size(u32)][checksum(u32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n]
+
+The Linux kernel decodes the last part of the initrd image in memory to
+get the boot configuration data.
Because of this "piggyback" method, there is no need to change or
update the boot loader and the kernel image itself.
struct stat stat;
int ret;
u32 size = 0, csum = 0, rcsum;
+ char magic[BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN];
ret = fstat(fd, &stat);
if (ret < 0)
return -errno;
- if (stat.st_size < 8)
+ if (stat.st_size < 8 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN)
return 0;
- if (lseek(fd, -8, SEEK_END) < 0) {
+ if (lseek(fd, -BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN, SEEK_END) < 0) {
+ pr_err("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
+ return -errno;
+ }
+ if (read(fd, magic, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN) < 0)
+ return -errno;
+ /* Check the bootconfig magic bytes */
+ if (memcmp(magic, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN) != 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (lseek(fd, -(8 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN), SEEK_END) < 0) {
pr_err("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
return -errno;
}
if (read(fd, &csum, sizeof(u32)) < 0)
return -errno;
- /* Wrong size, maybe no boot config here */
- if (stat.st_size < size + 8)
- return 0;
+ /* Wrong size error */
+ if (stat.st_size < size + 8 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN) {
+ pr_err("bootconfig size is too big\n");
+ return -E2BIG;
+ }
- if (lseek(fd, stat.st_size - 8 - size, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
+ if (lseek(fd, stat.st_size - (size + 8 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN),
+ SEEK_SET) < 0) {
pr_err("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
return -errno;
}
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
- /* Wrong Checksum, maybe no boot config here */
+ /* Wrong Checksum */
rcsum = checksum((unsigned char *)*buf, size);
if (csum != rcsum) {
pr_err("checksum error: %d != %d\n", csum, rcsum);
- return 0;
+ return -EINVAL;
}
ret = xbc_init(*buf);
- /* Wrong data, maybe no boot config here */
+ /* Wrong data */
if (ret < 0)
- return 0;
+ return ret;
return size;
}
} else if (size > 0) {
ret = fstat(fd, &stat);
if (!ret)
- ret = ftruncate(fd, stat.st_size - size - 8);
+ ret = ftruncate(fd, stat.st_size
+ - size - 8 - BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN);
if (ret)
ret = -errno;
} /* Ignore if there is no boot config in initrd */
pr_err("Failed to apply a boot config: %d\n", ret);
return ret;
}
+ /* Write a magic word of the bootconfig */
+ ret = write(fd, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ pr_err("Failed to apply a boot config magic: %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
close(fd);
free(data);