Hello,
Tired of keeping copy of the kernel .config file, I decided to create a kernel
patch to have a
/proc/config/config.gz
entry that would be created at boot time and that would
allow a :
zcat /proc/config/config.gz
to recover the .config file used to create the kernel.
Juste below is a patch, created against a 2.4.19, but that can also be
applied to a 2.4.20 (with a few warning).
Result is :
1 [17:53] rol@donald:~> ls -l /proc/config/
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 18:00 config.gz
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 18:00 version
Feedback welcome,
Regards,
Paul Rolland, [email protected]
diff -urN linux-2.4.19/drivers/char/Config.in linux/drivers/char/Config.in
--- linux-2.4.19/drivers/char/Config.in Thu Dec 19 13:48:19 2002
+++ linux/drivers/char/Config.in Thu Dec 19 13:47:19 2002
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
mainmenu_option next_comment
comment 'Character devices'
+bool 'Linux Kernel Configuration Driver' CONFIG_CONFIG
bool 'Virtual terminal' CONFIG_VT
if [ "$CONFIG_VT" = "y" ]; then
bool ' Support for console on virtual terminal' CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE
diff -urN linux-2.4.19/drivers/char/Makefile linux/drivers/char/Makefile
--- linux-2.4.19/drivers/char/Makefile Thu Dec 19 13:48:32 2002
+++ linux/drivers/char/Makefile Thu Dec 19 15:17:31 2002
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
KEYBD = dummy_keyb.o
endif
+obj-$(CONFIG_CONFIG) += config.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VT) += vt.o vc_screen.o consolemap.o consolemap_deftbl.o $(CONSOLE) selection.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL) += $(SERIAL)
obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_HCDP) += hcdp_serial.o
@@ -287,3 +288,14 @@
qtronixmap.c: qtronixmap.map
set -e ; loadkeys --mktable $< | sed -e 's/^static *//' > $@
+
+config.o: config.h
+
+config.h: config.txt.gz
+ @cc -o dotHmaker dotHmaker.c
+ @./dotHmaker
+
+config.txt.gz::
+ @cp ../../.config config.txt
+ @gzip -f config.txt
+
diff -urN linux-2.4.19/drivers/char/config.c linux/drivers/char/config.c
--- linux-2.4.19/drivers/char/config.c Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
+++ linux/drivers/char/config.c Thu Dec 19 13:47:24 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/*
+ * Linux Configuration Driver
+ * (c) 2002 Paul Rolland
+ *
+ * This driver is intended to give access to the .config file that was
+ * used to compile the kernel.
+ * It does include a gzip'd copy of the file, which can be access thru
+ * /proc/config/config.gz
+ *
+ */
+
+#define CONFIG_VERSION "1.0"
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/ioport.h>
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+static int config_read_proc(char * page, char ** start, off_t off,
+ int count, int *eof, void *data);
+
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+#warn Attention
+static int config_read_proc( char *buffer, char **start, off_t offset,
+ int size, int *eof, void *data) { return 0; }
+#else
+
+/* This macro frees the machine specific function from bounds checking and
+ * this like that... */
+#define PRINT_PROC(fmt,args...) \
+ do { \
+ *len += sprintf( buffer+*len, fmt, ##args ); \
+ if (*begin + *len > offset + size) \
+ return( 0 ); \
+ if (*begin + *len < offset) { \
+ *begin += *len; \
+ *len = 0; \
+ } \
+ } while(0)
+
+
+static int config_version_infos(char *buffer, int *len, off_t *begin,
+ off_t offset, int size)
+{
+ PRINT_PROC("Linux Kernel Configuration driver version %s\n", CONFIG_VERSION);
+ PRINT_PROC("(c) P. Rolland - Dec 2002\n");
+
+ return(1);
+}
+
+static int config_gz_infos(char *buffer, int *len, off_t *begin, off_t offset,
+ int size)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i=0; i<CONFIG_SIZE; i++) {
+ PRINT_PROC("%c", config_gz[i]);
+ }
+
+ return(1);
+}
+
+static int config_read_proc( char *buffer, char **start, off_t offset,
+ int size, int *eof, void *data )
+{
+ int len = 0;
+ off_t begin = 0;
+
+ *eof = config_version_infos(buffer, &len, &begin, offset, size);
+
+ if (offset >= begin + len)
+ return(0);
+ *start = buffer + (offset - begin);
+ return( size < begin + len - offset ? size : begin + len - offset );
+}
+
+static int config_gz_read_proc( char *buffer, char **start, off_t offset,
+ int size, int *eof, void *data )
+{
+ int len = 0;
+ off_t begin = 0;
+
+ *eof = config_gz_infos(buffer, &len, &begin, offset, size);
+
+ if (offset >= begin + len)
+ return(0);
+ *start = buffer + (offset - begin);
+ return( size < begin + len - offset ? size : begin + len - offset );
+}
+
+static int __init config_init(void)
+{
+ struct proc_dir_entry * entry;
+
+ entry = create_proc_entry("config", S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO|S_IFDIR, NULL);
+ if (entry == NULL) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "config: can't create /proc/config\n");
+ return(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+
+ if (!create_proc_read_entry("config/version",0,0,config_read_proc,NULL)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "config: can't create /proc/config/version\n");
+ return(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+ if (!create_proc_read_entry("config/config.gz",0,0,config_gz_read_proc,NULL)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "config: can't create /proc/config/config.gz\n");
+ return(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Linux Kernel Configuration driver v" CONFIG_VERSION " (c)Paul Rolland\n");
+ return(0);
+}
+
+static void __exit config_cleanup_module (void)
+{
+ remove_proc_entry( "config/version", 0 );
+ remove_proc_entry( "config/config.gz", 0 );
+ remove_proc_entry( "config", 0 );
+}
+
+module_init(config_init);
+module_exit(config_cleanup_module);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Rolland");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for accessing kernel configuration");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS;
+
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ * c-indent-level: 4
+ * tab-width: 4
+ * End:
+ */
+
diff -urN linux-2.4.19/drivers/char/dotHmaker.c linux/drivers/char/dotHmaker.c
--- linux-2.4.19/drivers/char/dotHmaker.c Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
+++ linux/drivers/char/dotHmaker.c Thu Dec 19 13:47:24 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ FILE * in;
+ FILE * out;
+ int i;
+ unsigned char buf;
+
+ int size = 0;
+
+ in = fopen("config.txt.gz", "r");
+ if (in == NULL) {
+ printf("Unable to open config.txt.gz\n");
+ exit(-1);
+ } /* endif */
+
+ out = fopen("config.h", "w");
+ if (out == NULL) {
+ printf("Unable to create config.h\n");
+ exit(-1);
+ } /* endif */
+
+ fprintf(out, "/*\n");
+ fprintf(out, " * Automagically generated file, please don't edit !\n");
+ fprintf(out, " */\n");
+ fprintf(out, "\n");
+ fprintf(out, "static char config_gz[] = \\\n");
+
+ i = 0;
+
+ fread(&buf, sizeof(unsigned char), 1, in);
+ while (!feof(in)) {
+ if (i == 0) {
+ fprintf(out, " \"");
+ } /* endif */
+ fprintf(out, "\\x%x", buf);
+ size ++;
+ i ++;
+ if (i == 10) {
+ i = 0;
+ fprintf(out, "\"\\\n");
+ } /* endif */
+ fread(&buf, sizeof(unsigned char), 1, in);
+ } /* endwhile */
+
+ if (i != 0) {
+ fprintf(out, "\";\n");
+ } /* endif */
+ fprintf(out, "\n");
+ fprintf(out, "#define CONFIG_SIZE %d\n\n", size);
+
+ fclose(in);
+ fclose(out);
+
+ exit(0);
+}
On 2002.12.29 Paul Rolland wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Tired of keeping copy of the kernel .config file, I decided to create a kernel
> patch to have a
> /proc/config/config.gz
Why people does not read the archives before doing anything ?
http://www.it.uc3m.es/~ptb/proconfig/
--
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Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Cooker) for i586
Linux 2.4.21-pre2-jam2 (gcc 3.2.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.1-2mdk))
In article <[email protected]> you wrote:
> On 2002.12.29 Paul Rolland wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Tired of keeping copy of the kernel .config file, I decided to create a kernel
>> patch to have a
>> /proc/config/config.gz
> Why people does not read the archives before doing anything ?
> http://www.it.uc3m.es/~ptb/proconfig/
Uuumph. Thanks for reminding me. That made me update the page and the
Changelog in a hurry.
It does work for latest 2.4. I ported to 2.4.19 a couple of months ago.
Nowadays it uses string common prefix compression to reduce the
internal size. Probably 4-12K in total (there are a LOT of kernel
compilation params nowadays), but the output from /proc/config
is exactly as it should be.
Module Size Used by Not tainted
config 10908 0 (unused)
betty:/usr/oboe/ptb/lib/www/proconfig% cat /proc/config | wc
855 855 18421
(855 kernel config options, with 18.4K of output chars)
betty:/usr/oboe/ptb/lib/www/proconfig% head /proc/config
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
...
Now I suppose I need to port it to latest 2.5. Assuming I can compile a
2.5, that is! I haven't tried since 2.5.47, which was before that
modules change.
Peter
Hello,
> > Tired of keeping copy of the kernel .config file, I decided
> to create
> > a kernel patch to have a /proc/config/config.gz
>
> Why people does not read the archives before doing anything ?
>
Maybe because they consider that there is not only one way to do
things... ;-)
OK, you don't like mine, no problem. I'm just expecting this
functionnality in the kernel, not MY solution.
On a technical basis, I prefer to have a solution that is using
full compression from gzip rather than relying on a set of keyword
that will need to be updated with kernel dev and growth.
But, I'm second...
Regards,
Paul