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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--init/main.c31
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 3d5cd7a09b2f..d2f0c67ba1fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1174,6 +1174,11 @@ running once the system is up.
New name for the ramdisk parameter.
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
+ rdinit= [KNL]
+ Format: <full_path>
+ Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
+ used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
+
reboot= [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c.
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index e4dbcbcd26cf..f142d4035341 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ extern void softirq_init(void);
char saved_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
static char *execute_command;
+static char *ramdisk_execute_command;
/* Setup configured maximum number of CPUs to activate */
static unsigned int max_cpus = NR_CPUS;
@@ -297,6 +298,18 @@ static int __init init_setup(char *str)
}
__setup("init=", init_setup);
+static int __init rdinit_setup(char *str)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ ramdisk_execute_command = str;
+ /* See "auto" comment in init_setup */
+ for (i = 1; i < MAX_INIT_ARGS; i++)
+ argv_init[i] = NULL;
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("rdinit=", rdinit_setup);
+
extern void setup_arch(char **);
#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -681,10 +694,14 @@ static int init(void * unused)
* check if there is an early userspace init. If yes, let it do all
* the work
*/
- if (sys_access((const char __user *) "/init", 0) == 0)
- execute_command = "/init";
- else
+
+ if (!ramdisk_execute_command)
+ ramdisk_execute_command = "/init";
+
+ if (sys_access((const char __user *) ramdisk_execute_command, 0) != 0) {
+ ramdisk_execute_command = NULL;
prepare_namespace();
+ }
/*
* Ok, we have completed the initial bootup, and
@@ -701,7 +718,13 @@ static int init(void * unused)
(void) sys_dup(0);
(void) sys_dup(0);
-
+
+ if (ramdisk_execute_command) {
+ run_init_process(ramdisk_execute_command);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to execute %s\n",
+ ramdisk_execute_command);
+ }
+
/*
* We try each of these until one succeeds.
*