bootconfig: Add bootconfig magic word for indicating bootconfig explicitly

Add bootconfig magic word to the end of bootconfig on initrd
image for indicating explicitly the bootconfig is there.
Also tools/bootconfig treats wrong size or wrong checksum or
parse error as an error, because if there is a bootconfig magic
word, there must be a bootconfig.

The bootconfig magic word is "#BOOTCONFIG\n", 12 bytes word.
Thus the block image of the initrd file with bootconfig is
as follows.

[Initrd][bootconfig][size][csum][#BOOTCONFIG\n]

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/158220112263.26565.3944814205960612841.stgit@devnote2

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <[email protected]>

Author: mhiramat

Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst

@@ -102,9 +102,13 @@ Boot Kernel With a Boot Config
 ==============================
 
 Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added
-to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file. The Linux kernel decodes
-the last part of the initrd image in memory to get the boot configuration
-data.
+to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with size, checksum and
+12-byte magic word as below.
+
+[initrd][bootconfig][size(u32)][checksum(u32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n]
+
+The Linux kernel decodes the last part of the initrd image in memory to
+get the boot configuration data.
 Because of this "piggyback" method, there is no need to change or
 update the boot loader and the kernel image itself.
 

include/linux/bootconfig.h

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+#define BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC	"#BOOTCONFIG\n"
+#define BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN	12
+
 /* XBC tree node */
 struct xbc_node {
 	u16 next;

init/Kconfig

@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ config BOOT_CONFIG
 	  Extra boot config allows system admin to pass a config file as
 	  complemental extension of kernel cmdline when booting.
 	  The boot config file must be attached at the end of initramfs
-	  with checksum and size.
+	  with checksum, size and magic word.
 	  See <file:Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst> for details.
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.

init/main.c

@@ -374,7 +374,11 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(const char *cmdline)
 	if (!initrd_end)
 		goto not_found;
 
-	hdr = (u32 *)(initrd_end - 8);
+	data = (char *)initrd_end - BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN;
+	if (memcmp(data, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN))
+		goto not_found;
+
+	hdr = (u32 *)(data - 8);
 	size = hdr[0];
 	csum = hdr[1];
 

tools/bootconfig/main.c

@@ -131,15 +131,26 @@ int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf)
 	struct stat stat;
 	int ret;
 	u32 size = 0, csum = 0, rcsum;
+	char magic[BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN];
 
 	ret = fstat(fd, &stat);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return -errno;
 
-	if (stat.st_size < 8)
+	if (stat.st_size < 8 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (lseek(fd, -8, SEEK_END) < 0) {
+	if (lseek(fd, -BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN, SEEK_END) < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	if (read(fd, magic, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN) < 0)
+		return -errno;
+	/* Check the bootconfig magic bytes */
+	if (memcmp(magic, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN) != 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (lseek(fd, -(8 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN), SEEK_END) < 0) {
 		pr_err("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
 		return -errno;
 	}
@@ -150,11 +161,14 @@ int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf)
 	if (read(fd, &csum, sizeof(u32)) < 0)
 		return -errno;
 
-	/* Wrong size, maybe no boot config here */
-	if (stat.st_size < size + 8)
-		return 0;
+	/* Wrong size error  */
+	if (stat.st_size < size + 8 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN) {
+		pr_err("bootconfig size is too big\n");
+		return -E2BIG;
+	}
 
-	if (lseek(fd, stat.st_size - 8 - size, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
+	if (lseek(fd, stat.st_size - (size + 8 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN),
+		  SEEK_SET) < 0) {
 		pr_err("Failed to lseek: %d\n", -errno);
 		return -errno;
 	}
@@ -163,17 +177,17 @@ int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	/* Wrong Checksum, maybe no boot config here */
+	/* Wrong Checksum */
 	rcsum = checksum((unsigned char *)*buf, size);
 	if (csum != rcsum) {
 		pr_err("checksum error: %d != %d\n", csum, rcsum);
-		return 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	ret = xbc_init(*buf);
-	/* Wrong data, maybe no boot config here */
+	/* Wrong data */
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return 0;
+		return ret;
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -226,7 +240,8 @@ int delete_xbc(const char *path)
 	} else if (size > 0) {
 		ret = fstat(fd, &stat);
 		if (!ret)
-			ret = ftruncate(fd, stat.st_size - size - 8);
+			ret = ftruncate(fd, stat.st_size
+					- size - 8 - BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN);
 		if (ret)
 			ret = -errno;
 	} /* Ignore if there is no boot config in initrd */
@@ -295,6 +310,12 @@ int apply_xbc(const char *path, const char *xbc_path)
 		pr_err("Failed to apply a boot config: %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
+	/* Write a magic word of the bootconfig */
+	ret = write(fd, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to apply a boot config magic: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
 	close(fd);
 	free(data);
 

tools/bootconfig/test-bootconfig.sh

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ xpass $BOOTCONF -a $TEMPCONF $INITRD
 new_size=$(stat -c %s $INITRD)
 
 echo "File size check"
-xpass test $new_size -eq $(expr $bconf_size + $initrd_size + 9)
+xpass test $new_size -eq $(expr $bconf_size + $initrd_size + 9 + 12)
 
 echo "Apply command repeat test"
 xpass $BOOTCONF -a $TEMPCONF $INITRD