[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] initscripts: improve the way initscripts handle volatile storage

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Wed Nov 14 01:34:17 UTC 2012


On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Saul Wold <sgw at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> On 11/12/2012 03:33 AM, Qi.Chen at windriver.com wrote:
>
>> From: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com>
>>
>> Change the way how populate_volatile.sh handles link-type config
>> items. Previously, if a link-type config item is encountered, the
>> script does not handle it correctly. If the target exists as a link,
>> the config item is skipped no matter where the target actually points.
>> If the target exists as a file or a directory, it does nothing.
>> This behavious is sometimes confusing; for example, if /run has been
>> created by other recipes, it will not be updated to a symlink as the
>> config file states.
>>
>> This patch makes populate_volatile.sh do things as the config file
>> tells it. As for link-type config items, it creates them properly
>> with an effort to avoid data loss.
>>
>> Besides, it's not appropriate to divide volatile storage handling
>> into two files. Operations for /tmp directory in bootmisc.sh should
>> also be done by populate_volatile.sh.
>>
>> [YOCTO #3404]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen at windriver.com>
>> ---
>>   .../initscripts/initscripts-1.**0/bootmisc.sh        |    7 -----
>>   .../initscripts-1.0/populate-**volatile.sh           |   28
>> +++++++++-----------
>>   .../initscripts/initscripts-1.**0/volatiles          |    1 +
>>   meta/recipes-core/initscripts/**initscripts_1.0.bb<http://initscripts_1.0.bb>  |    2 +-
>>   4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**bootmisc.sh
>> b/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**bootmisc.sh
>> index 4f76cb4..80f7ead 100755
>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**bootmisc.sh
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**bootmisc.sh
>> @@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ fi
>>
>>   #
>>   # This is as good a place as any for a sanity check
>> -# /tmp should be a symlink to /var/tmp to cut down on the number
>> -# of mounted ramdisks.
>> -if test ! -L /tmp && test -d /var/tmp
>> -then
>> -       rm -rf /tmp
>> -       ln -sf /var/tmp /tmp
>> -fi
>>
>>   # Set the system clock from hardware clock
>>   # If the timestamp is more recent than the current time,
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**populate-volatile.sh
>> b/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**populate-volatile.sh
>> index d2175d7..baee2ef 100755
>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**
>> populate-volatile.sh
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**
>> populate-volatile.sh
>> @@ -47,15 +47,16 @@ mk_dir() {
>>   }
>>
>>   link_file() {
>> -       EXEC="test -e \"$2\" -o -L $2 || ln -s \"$1\" \"$2\" >/dev/tty0
>> 2>&1"
>> -
>> -       test "$VOLATILE_ENABLE_CACHE" = yes && echo "   $EXEC" >>
>> /etc/volatile.cache.build
>> -
>> -       [ -e "$2" ] && {
>> -         echo "Cannot create link over existing -${TNAME}-." >&2
>> -       } || {
>> -         eval $EXEC &
>> -       }
>> +       EXEC="
>> +       if [ -L \"$2\" ]; then
>> +               rm -f \"$2\";
>> +       elif [ -d \"$2\" ]; then
>> +               cp -rf \"$2/*\" \"$1\";
>> +               rm -rf \"$2\";
>> +       fi;
>> +       ln -sf \"$1\" \"$2\" "
>> +        test "$VOLATILE_ENABLE_CACHE" = yes && echo "   $EXEC" >>
>> /etc/volatile.
>>
> I wonder if we should be testing /etc for writablity here first?  We need
> to make sure we respect the possibility that the root filesystem with
> read-only.


I'd say we ought to test for it and print an error if the cache is enabled
and etc is not writable.


>  +        eval $EXEC &
>>   }
>>
>>   check_requirements() {
>> @@ -119,20 +120,17 @@ apply_cfgfile() {
>>       return 1
>>       }
>>
>> -  cat ${CFGFILE} | grep -v "^#" | \
>> +  cat ${CFGFILE} | grep -v "^#" | sed -e '/^$/ d' | \
>>     while read LINE; do
>>
>>       eval `echo "$LINE" | sed -n "s/\(.*\)\ \(.*\) \(.*\)\ \(.*\)\
>> \(.*\)\ \(.*\)/TTYPE=\1 ; TUSER=\2; TGROUP=\3; TMODE=\4; TNAME=\5
>> TLTARGET=\6/p"`
>>
>>       [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Checking for -${TNAME}-."
>>
>> -
>>       [ "${TTYPE}" = "l" ] && {
>>         TSOURCE="$TLTARGET"
>> -      [ -L "${TNAME}" ] || {
>> -        [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Creating link -${TNAME}-
>> pointing to -${TSOURCE}-."
>> -        link_file "${TSOURCE}" "${TNAME}" &
>> -        }
>> +      [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Creating link -${TNAME}-
>> pointing to -${TSOURCE}-."
>> +      link_file "${TSOURCE}" "${TNAME}" &
>>         continue
>>         }
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**volatiles
>> b/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**volatiles
>> index e0741aa..f7e2ef7 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**volatiles
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts-1.0/**volatiles
>> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ l root root 1777 /var/lock /var/volatile/lock
>>   l root root 0755 /var/log /var/volatile/log
>>   l root root 0755 /var/run /var/volatile/run
>>   l root root 1777 /var/tmp /var/volatile/tmp
>> +l root root 1777 /tmp /var/tmp
>>   d root root 0755 /var/lock/subsys none
>>   f root root 0664 /var/log/wtmp none
>>   f root root 0664 /var/run/utmp none
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bbb/meta/recipes-core/
>> **initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
>> index d25838b..251dd06 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/**initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
>> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Initscripts provide the basic system
>> startup initialization scrip
>>   SECTION = "base"
>>   LICENSE = "GPLv2"
>>   LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=**751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882b
>> **be"
>> -PR = "r137"
>> +PR = "r138"
>>
>>   INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
>>
>>
>>
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