[PATCH] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

[Pawel Plociennik]

hi *real* hackers,

it is a my first post to lkml and I hope that you will have not been
ignored me if I have done some incorrect thing.

In the short this patch has added a new chroot= kernel parameter which can be used
to changing a chroot of an init process before it will has been runed.
I use that for testing variouses distroes without making a separate partition but
by copied a new root-fs to a new subdirectory on the my *base* filesystem.

PS: be sure that you have added my e-mail in a CC because I am not subscribed
to the lkml and ...
I sorry but my English can be little incorrect because it is not my *native* language :-(      
please do not ignore me if I have been done some inccorect thing.

diff -urp linux-2.6.24-orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt linux-2.6.24/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- linux-2.6.24-orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2008-02-25 20:53:26.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.24/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2008-02-25 20:51:21.000000000 -0500
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 			Value can be changed at runtime via
 				/selinux/checkreqprot.
 	
+	chroot=		[KNL] call chroot() for init proccess.
+
 	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
 			[Deprecated]
 			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
diff -urp linux-2.6.24-orig/init/main.c linux-2.6.24/init/main.c
--- linux-2.6.24-orig/init/main.c	2008-03-01 12:58:37.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.24/init/main.c	2008-02-25 20:36:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -755,8 +755,22 @@ static void __init do_pre_smp_initcalls(
 		spawn_softlockup_task();
 }
 
+static void *chroot_str;
+static int __init chroot_setup(char *str)
+{
+	chroot_str = str;
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("chroot=", chroot_setup);
+
 static void run_init_process(char *init_filename)
 {
+	if(chroot_str) {
+		if(sys_chroot(chroot_str) < 0)
+			printk("chroot=%s failed\n", chroot_str);
+		else
+			printk("chroot=%s successed\n",chroot_str);
+	}
 	argv_init[0] = init_filename;
 	kernel_execve(init_filename, argv_init, envp_init);
 }
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