This patch introduces a rootdir kernel boot parameter, which specifies the
path to the kernel sys_chroot boot dir.
This is useful for systems that have more than one distribution installed on
the same fs/partition.
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -252,6 +252,15 @@ __setup("rootflags=", root_data_setup);
__setup("rootfstype=", fs_names_setup);
__setup("rootdelay=", root_delay_setup);
+static char * __initdata root_dir;
+static int __init root_dir_setup(char *str)
+{
+ root_dir = strcat("./",str);
+ return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("rootdir=", root_dir_setup);
+
static void __init get_fs_names(char *page)
{
char *s = page;
@@ -469,6 +478,10 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
mount_root();
out:
sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+
+ if(root_dir)
+ sys_chdir(root_dir);
+
sys_chroot(".");
security_sb_post_mountroot();
}
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