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Diffstat (limited to 'init')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | init/do_mounts.c | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | init/main.c | 34 |
3 files changed, 51 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 9a7656f0b5e..4381006dd66 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -273,21 +273,24 @@ config UID16 This enables the legacy 16-bit UID syscall wrappers. config SYSCTL - bool "Sysctl support" if EMBEDDED - default y + bool + +config SYSCTL_SYSCALL + bool "Sysctl syscall support" + default n + select SYSCTL ---help--- - The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing - certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring - a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary - interface consists of a system call, but if you say Y to "/proc - file system support", a tree of modifiable sysctl entries will be - generated beneath the /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the - files in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this - option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB. - - As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless - building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very - limited in memory. + Enable the deprecated sysctl system call. sys_sysctl uses + binary paths that have been found to be a major pain to maintain + and use. The interface in /proc/sys is now the primary and what + everyone uses. + + Nothing has been using the binary sysctl interface for some time + time now so nothing should break if you disable sysctl syscall + support, and you kernel will get marginally smaller. + + Unless you have an application that uses the sys_syscall interface + you should probably say N here. config KALLSYMS bool "Load all symbols for debugging/kksymoops" if EMBEDDED diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c index 94aeec7aa91..b290aadb1d3 100644 --- a/init/do_mounts.c +++ b/init/do_mounts.c @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ #include <linux/security.h> #include <linux/delay.h> #include <linux/mount.h> +#include <linux/device.h> #include <linux/nfs_fs.h> #include <linux/nfs_fs_sb.h> @@ -403,6 +404,10 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void) ssleep(root_delay); } + /* wait for the known devices to complete their probing */ + while (driver_probe_done() != 0) + msleep(100); + md_run_setup(); if (saved_root_name[0]) { diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c index 8651a720a09..0766e69712b 100644 --- a/init/main.c +++ b/init/main.c @@ -128,6 +128,18 @@ static char *ramdisk_execute_command; static unsigned int max_cpus = NR_CPUS; /* + * If set, this is an indication to the drivers that reset the underlying + * device before going ahead with the initialization otherwise driver might + * rely on the BIOS and skip the reset operation. + * + * This is useful if kernel is booting in an unreliable environment. + * For ex. kdump situaiton where previous kernel has crashed, BIOS has been + * skipped and devices will be in unknown state. + */ +unsigned int reset_devices; +EXPORT_SYMBOL(reset_devices); + +/* * Setup routine for controlling SMP activation * * Command-line option of "nosmp" or "maxcpus=0" will disable SMP @@ -153,6 +165,14 @@ static int __init maxcpus(char *str) __setup("maxcpus=", maxcpus); +static int __init set_reset_devices(char *str) +{ + reset_devices = 1; + return 1; +} + +__setup("reset_devices", set_reset_devices); + static char * argv_init[MAX_INIT_ARGS+2] = { "init", NULL, }; char * envp_init[MAX_INIT_ENVS+2] = { "HOME=/", "TERM=linux", NULL, }; static const char *panic_later, *panic_param; @@ -162,16 +182,19 @@ extern struct obs_kernel_param __setup_start[], __setup_end[]; static int __init obsolete_checksetup(char *line) { struct obs_kernel_param *p; + int had_early_param = 0; p = __setup_start; do { int n = strlen(p->str); if (!strncmp(line, p->str, n)) { if (p->early) { - /* Already done in parse_early_param? (Needs - * exact match on param part) */ + /* Already done in parse_early_param? + * (Needs exact match on param part). + * Keep iterating, as we can have early + * params and __setups of same names 8( */ if (line[n] == '\0' || line[n] == '=') - return 1; + had_early_param = 1; } else if (!p->setup_func) { printk(KERN_WARNING "Parameter %s is obsolete," " ignored\n", p->str); @@ -181,7 +204,8 @@ static int __init obsolete_checksetup(char *line) } p++; } while (p < __setup_end); - return 0; + + return had_early_param; } /* @@ -464,6 +488,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void) * Need to run as early as possible, to initialize the * lockdep hash: */ + unwind_init(); lockdep_init(); local_irq_disable(); @@ -502,7 +527,6 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void) __stop___param - __start___param, &unknown_bootoption); sort_main_extable(); - unwind_init(); trap_init(); rcu_init(); init_IRQ(); |