2004-10-28 20:17:38

by Juerg Billeter

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Subject: [PATCH] Don't remove /sys in initramfs

Hi

Using the "resume" kernel parameter together with an initramfs revealed
a bug that causes removal of the /sys directory in the initramfs' tmpfs,
making the system unbootable.

The source of the problem is that the try_name() function removes
the /sys directory unconditionally, instead of removing it only when it
has been created by try_name().

The attached patch only removes /sys if it has been created before.

Please CC me, I'm not on lkml.

Juerg

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Signed-off-by: Juerg Billeter <[email protected]>

diff -uNr linux-2.6.9.orig/init/do_mounts.c linux-2.6.9/init/do_mounts.c
--- linux-2.6.9.orig/init/do_mounts.c 2004-10-18 23:53:51.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.9/init/do_mounts.c 2004-10-28 19:04:10.803026647 +0200
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
int part;

#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
- sys_mkdir("/sys", 0700);
+ int mkdir_err = sys_mkdir("/sys", 0700);
if (sys_mount("sysfs", "/sys", "sysfs", 0, NULL) < 0)
goto out;
#endif
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
sys_umount("/sys", 0);
out:
- sys_rmdir("/sys");
+ if (!mkdir_err)
+ sys_rmdir("/sys");
#endif
return res;
fail: