[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] image.bbclass: check INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE
Robert Yang
liezhi.yang at windriver.com
Tue Jan 26 01:20:45 UTC 2016
On 01/26/2016 12:30 AM, Scott Rifenbark wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed we do not document INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE in the ref-manual. Should we be?
Yes, I will update the doc after the patch is merged.
// Robert
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:45 AM, Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com
> <mailto:liezhi.yang at windriver.com>> wrote:
>
> Usually, the initramfs' maxsize can be 1/2 of ram size since modern
> kernel uses tmpfs as initramfs by dafault, and tmpfs allocates 1/2 of
> ram by default at boot time, which will be used to locate the initramfs.
>
> Set INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE to 131072K (128M) by default (ram 256M), the
> initramfs is small usually, for example, core-image-minimal-initramfs is
> about 21M (uncompressed, 17M * 1.3) by default, but if the user add a
> lot pkgs to initramfs, we can error and stop to let the user know ealier
> rather than fail to boot (e.g., OOM-killer) at boot time.
>
> Please see the bug for more info:
> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5963
>
> [YOCTO #5963]
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com
> <mailto:liezhi.yang at windriver.com>>
> ---
> meta/classes/image.bbclass | 14 +++++++++++++-
> meta/conf/bitbake.conf | 6 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
> index 3870516..30d1173 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
> @@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ def get_rootfs_size(d):
> rootfs_req_size = int(d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE', True))
> rootfs_extra_space = eval(d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE', True))
> rootfs_maxsize = d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS_MAXSIZE', True)
> + image_fstypes = d.getVar('IMAGE_FSTYPES', True) or ''
> + initramfs_fstypes = d.getVar('INITRAMFS_FSTYPES', True) or ''
> + initramfs_maxsize = d.getVar('INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE', True)
>
> output = subprocess.check_output(['du', '-ks',
> d.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', True)])
> @@ -443,8 +446,17 @@ def get_rootfs_size(d):
> if rootfs_maxsize:
> rootfs_maxsize_int = int(rootfs_maxsize)
> if base_size > rootfs_maxsize_int:
> - bb.fatal("The rootfs size %d(K) overrides the max size %d(K)" % \
> + bb.fatal("The rootfs size %d(K) overrides IMAGE_ROOTFS_MAXSIZE:
> %d(K)" % \
> (base_size, rootfs_maxsize_int))
> +
> + # Check the initramfs size against INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE (if set)
> + if image_fstypes == initramfs_fstypes != '' and initramfs_maxsize:
> + initramfs_maxsize_int = int(initramfs_maxsize)
> + if base_size > initramfs_maxsize_int:
> + bb.error("The initramfs size %d(K) overrides INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE:
> %d(K)" % \
> + (base_size, initramfs_maxsize_int))
> + bb.error("You can set INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE a larger value.
> Usually, it should")
> + bb.fatal("be less than 1/2 of ram size, or you may fail to boot
> it.\n")
> return base_size
>
> python set_image_size () {
> diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
> index 7451eb8..e80ee18 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
> +++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
> @@ -712,7 +712,13 @@ require conf/sanity.conf
> DL_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/downloads"
> SSTATE_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/sstate-cache"
> IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "tar.gz"
> +
> INITRAMFS_FSTYPES ?= "cpio.gz"
> +# The maximum size in Kbytes for the generated initramfs image size.
> +# Usually, it should be less than 1/2 of ram size, or you may fail to
> +# boot it.
> +INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE ??= "131072"
> +
> DEFAULT_TASK_PROVIDER ?= "packagegroup-base"
> MACHINE_TASK_PROVIDER ?= "${DEFAULT_TASK_PROVIDER}"
>
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
> --
> _______________________________________________
> Openembedded-core mailing list
> Openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org
> <mailto:Openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org>
> http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
>
>
More information about the Openembedded-core
mailing list