commit a5cfa37ed3f640e60adf890ecd29a06f1cd0182d
parent 1c36f1b3737c152b1b9be0ce500a12d15e80597c
Author: Daniel Barlow <dan@telent.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 21:50:44 +0000
unify kernel command line handling
We now use MIPS_CMDLINE_DTB_EXTEND for all boot varieties
(tftpboot, flash boot, kexec) with the addition of
MIPS_BOOTLOADER_CMDLINE_REQUIRE_COOKIE - local patch -
so that the bootloader args are ignored unless they
contain the string "liminix"
Diffstat:
6 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/modules/base.nix b/modules/base.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ in {
MODULE_SIG = "y";
DEBUG_FS = "y";
+ MIPS_BOOTLOADER_CMDLINE_REQUIRE_COOKIE = "y";
+ MIPS_BOOTLOADER_CMDLINE_COOKIE = "\"liminix\"";
+ MIPS_CMDLINE_DTB_EXTEND = "y";
+
# basic networking protocols
NET = "y";
UNIX = "y";
diff --git a/modules/flashable.nix b/modules/flashable.nix
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ in {
kernel = {
config = {
MTD_SPLIT_UIMAGE_FW = "y";
- # ignore the commandline provided by U-Boot because it's most
- # likely wrong
- MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER = lib.mkForce "n";
- MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_DTB = "y";
};
};
diff --git a/modules/kexecboot.nix b/modules/kexecboot.nix
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ in {
config = {
boot.ramdisk.enable = true;
- kernel.config.MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_DTB = "y";
- kernel.config.MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER = mkForce "n";
-
outputs.kexecboot =
let o = config.outputs; in
pkgs.runCommand "kexecboot" {} ''
diff --git a/modules/tftpboot.nix b/modules/tftpboot.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ in {
imports = [ ./ramdisk.nix ];
config = {
boot.ramdisk.enable = true;
- kernel.config.MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER = "y";
outputs.tftpboot =
let o = config.outputs; in
@@ -35,12 +34,12 @@ in {
squashfsStart=0x$(printf %x $((${cfg.loadAddress} + 0x100000 + $uimageSize)))
squashfsBytes=$(($(stat -L -c %s ${config.outputs.squashfs}) + 0x100000 &(~0xfffff)))
squashfsMb=$(($squashfsBytes >> 20))
- cmd="mtdparts=phram0:''${squashfsMb}M(nix) phram.phram=phram0,''${squashfsStart},''${squashfsMb}Mi memmap=''${squashfsMb}M\$''${squashfsStart} root=1f00";
+ cmd="mtdparts=phram0:''${squashfsMb}M(rootfs) phram.phram=phram0,''${squashfsStart},''${squashfsMb}Mi memmap=''${squashfsMb}M\$''${squashfsStart} root=1f00";
cat > $out << EOF
setenv serverip ${cfg.serverip}
setenv ipaddr ${cfg.ipaddr}
- setenv bootargs '${concatStringsSep " " config.boot.commandLine} $cmd'
+ setenv bootargs 'liminix $cmd'
tftp 0x$(printf %x ${cfg.loadAddress}) result/uimage ; tftp 0x$(printf %x $squashfsStart) result/squashfs
bootm 0x$(printf %x ${cfg.loadAddress})
EOF
diff --git a/pkgs/kernel/cmdline-cookie.patch b/pkgs/kernel/cmdline-cookie.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
+index 393eb2133243..f61bfbaa4001 100644
+--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
++++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
+@@ -3157,6 +3157,24 @@ choice
+ if you don't intend to always append a DTB.
+ endchoice
+
++config MIPS_BOOTLOADER_CMDLINE_REQUIRE_COOKIE
++ bool "Ignore bootloader command-line unless cookie present"
++ default n
++
++config MIPS_BOOTLOADER_CMDLINE_COOKIE
++ string "Bootloader kernel argument cookie string"
++ depends on MIPS_BOOTLOADER_CMDLINE_REQUIRE_COOKIE
++ help
++ Use bootloader command line if and only if it contains
++ this string. Some bootloaders allow setting the command line
++ for interactive boots but provide an incorrect (and
++ unchangeable) default when booting unattended.
++
++ This option can be combined with e.g. MIPS_CMDLINE_DTB_EXTEND
++ or MIPS_CMDLINE_BUILTIN_EXTEND: it doesn't affect
++ where else your command line comes from, just whether
++ the bootloader-provided command line is used as part of it.
++
+ choice
+ prompt "Kernel command line type" if !CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
+ default MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_DTB if USE_OF && !ATH79 && !MACH_INGENIC && \
+diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+index ef73ba1e0ec1..52a836c43630 100644
+--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
++++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ static const char builtin_cmdline[] __initconst = CONFIG_CMDLINE;
+ static const char builtin_cmdline[] __initconst = "";
+ #endif
+
++#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_BOOTLOADER_CMDLINE_REQUIRE_COOKIE
++static const char cmdline_cookie[] __initconst = CONFIG_MIPS_BOOTLOADER_CMDLINE_COOKIE;
++#else
++static const char cmdline_cookie[] __initconst = NULL;
++#endif
++
+ /*
+ * mips_io_port_base is the begin of the address space to which x86 style
+ * I/O ports are mapped.
+@@ -558,6 +564,16 @@ static void __init bootcmdline_init(void)
+ return;
+ }
+
++ /* If CMDLINE_REQUIRE_COOKIE is set to a string, we require that
++ * string to be present in the bootloader command line, otherwise
++ * we ignore it. This is to accommodate bootloaders that allow
++ * the command line to be specified for interactive boots but
++ * hardcode an incorrect command line for unattended boots */
++#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_BOOTLOADER_CMDLINE_REQUIRE_COOKIE
++ if(strstr(arcs_cmdline, cmdline_cookie) == NULL) {
++ arcs_cmdline[0] = '\0';
++ }
++#endif
+ /*
+ * If the user specified a built-in command line &
+ * MIPS_CMDLINE_BUILTIN_EXTEND, then the built-in command line is
diff --git a/pkgs/kernel/default.nix b/pkgs/kernel/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
"unpackPhase"
"butcherPkgconfig"
"extraPatchPhase"
+ "patchPhase"
"patchScripts"
"configurePhase"
"checkConfigurationPhase"
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
"installPhase"
];
+ patches = [
+ ./cmdline-cookie.patch
+ ];
+
# this is here to work around what I think is a bug in nixpkgs
# packaging of ncurses: it installs pkg-config data files which
# don't produce any -L options when queried with "pkg-config --lib
