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initramfs: Fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling

PATCH Applied Florian Fainelli 1 participant 2 messages Sep 30, 2017 Kbuild

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PATCH 1/1 initramfs: Fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling

This is a follow-up to commit 57ddfdaa9a72 ("initramfs: fix disabling of initramfs (and its compression)"). This particular commit fixed the use case where we build the kernel with an initramfs with no compression, and then we build the kernel with no initramfs.

Now this still left us with the same case as described here:
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
not working with initramfs compression. This can be seen by the following steps/timestamps:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2598153.html

.initramfs_data.cpio.gz.cmd is correct:

cmd_usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz := /bin/bash ./scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh -o usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -u 1000 -g 1000 /home/fainelli/work/uclinux-rootfs/romfs /home/fainelli/work/uclinux-rootfs/misc/initramfs.dev

and was generated the first time we did generate the gzip initramfs, so the command has not changed, nor its arguments, so we just don't call it, no initramfs cpio is re-generated as a consequence.

The fix for this problem is just to properly keep track of the .initramfs_cpio_data.d file by suffixing it with the compression extension. This takes care of properly tracking dependencies such that the initramfs get (re)generated any time files are added/deleted etc.

Fixes db2aa7fd15e8 ("initramfs: allow again choice of the embedded initramfs compression algorithm")
Fixes 9e3596b0c653 ("kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig")
---
 usr/Makefile | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
usr/Makefile +5 -4
index 0b87e71c00fc..2d7d7f4b91f1 100644
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ PHONY += klibcdirs
 
 suffix_y = $(subst $\",,$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION))
 datafile_y = initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y)
+datafile_d_y = .$(datafile_y).d
 AFLAGS_initramfs_data.o += -DINITRAMFS_IMAGE="usr/$(datafile_y)"
 
 
@@ -29,12 +30,12 @@ ramfs-args  := \
         $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID), -u $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID)) \
         $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID), -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID))
 
-# .initramfs_data.cpio.d is used to identify all files included
+# $(datafile_d_y) is used to identify all files included
 # in initramfs and to detect if any files are added/removed.
 # Removed files are identified by directory timestamp being updated
 # The dependency list is generated by gen_initramfs.sh -l
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d),)
-	include $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)),)
+	include $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)
 endif
 
 quiet_cmd_initfs = GEN     $@
@@ -52,5 +53,5 @@ $(deps_initramfs): klibcdirs
 # 3) If gen_init_cpio are newer than initramfs_data.cpio
 # 4) arguments to gen_initramfs.sh changes
 $(obj)/$(datafile_y): $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) klibcdirs
-	$(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d
+	$(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)
 	$(call if_changed,initfs)
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Quoted 28 lines · Florian Fainelli

This is a follow-up to commit 57ddfdaa9a72 ("initramfs: fix disabling of initramfs (and its compression)"). This particular commit fixed the use case where we build the kernel with an initramfs with no compression, and then we build the kernel with no initramfs.

Now this still left us with the same case as described here:
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
not working with initramfs compression. This can be seen by the following steps/timestamps:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2598153.html

.initramfs_data.cpio.gz.cmd is correct:

cmd_usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz := /bin/bash ./scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh -o usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -u 1000 -g 1000 /home/fainelli/work/uclinux-rootfs/romfs /home/fainelli/work/uclinux-rootfs/misc/initramfs.dev

and was generated the first time we did generate the gzip initramfs, so the command has not changed, nor its arguments, so we just don't call it, no initramfs cpio is re-generated as a consequence.

The fix for this problem is just to properly keep track of the .initramfs_cpio_data.d file by suffixing it with the compression extension. This takes care of properly tracking dependencies such that the initramfs get (re)generated any time files are added/deleted etc.

Quoted 4 lines
Fixes db2aa7fd15e8 ("initramfs: allow again choice of the embedded initramfs compression algorithm")
Fixes 9e3596b0c653 ("kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig")

---

Nick, thanks a lot for your patience and help on the other thread! At some point I did mention that I was wondering if this would cause systematic rebuilds of the compressed initramfs, but after more testing, it does not, things now work as expected again (until next time ;) ).

Quoted 39 lines
 usr/Makefile | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
usr/Makefile +5 -4
index 0b87e71c00fc..2d7d7f4b91f1 100644
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ PHONY += klibcdirs
 
 suffix_y = $(subst $\",,$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION))
 datafile_y = initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y)
+datafile_d_y = .$(datafile_y).d
 AFLAGS_initramfs_data.o += -DINITRAMFS_IMAGE="usr/$(datafile_y)"
 
 
@@ -29,12 +30,12 @@ ramfs-args  := \
         $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID), -u $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID)) \
         $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID), -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID))
 
-# .initramfs_data.cpio.d is used to identify all files included
+# $(datafile_d_y) is used to identify all files included
 # in initramfs and to detect if any files are added/removed.
 # Removed files are identified by directory timestamp being updated
 # The dependency list is generated by gen_initramfs.sh -l
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d),)
-	include $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)),)
+	include $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)
 endif
 
 quiet_cmd_initfs = GEN     $@
@@ -52,5 +53,5 @@ $(deps_initramfs): klibcdirs
 # 3) If gen_init_cpio are newer than initramfs_data.cpio
 # 4) arguments to gen_initramfs.sh changes
 $(obj)/$(datafile_y): $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) klibcdirs
-	$(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d
+	$(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)
 	$(call if_changed,initfs)
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