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-rw-r--r--init/main.c39
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index aa061ef1762..67ee8ef0a66 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -810,10 +810,26 @@ static int run_init_process(const char *init_filename)
(const char __user *const __user *)envp_init);
}
+static int try_to_run_init_process(const char *init_filename)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = run_init_process(init_filename);
+
+ if (ret && ret != -ENOENT) {
+ pr_err("Starting init: %s exists but couldn't execute it (error %d)\n",
+ init_filename, ret);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void);
static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
{
+ int ret;
+
kernel_init_freeable();
/* need to finish all async __init code before freeing the memory */
async_synchronize_full();
@@ -825,9 +841,11 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
flush_delayed_fput();
if (ramdisk_execute_command) {
- if (!run_init_process(ramdisk_execute_command))
+ ret = run_init_process(ramdisk_execute_command);
+ if (!ret)
return 0;
- pr_err("Failed to execute %s\n", ramdisk_execute_command);
+ pr_err("Failed to execute %s (error %d)\n",
+ ramdisk_execute_command, ret);
}
/*
@@ -837,18 +855,19 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
* trying to recover a really broken machine.
*/
if (execute_command) {
- if (!run_init_process(execute_command))
+ ret = run_init_process(execute_command);
+ if (!ret)
return 0;
- pr_err("Failed to execute %s. Attempting defaults...\n",
- execute_command);
+ pr_err("Failed to execute %s (error %d). Attempting defaults...\n",
+ execute_command, ret);
}
- if (!run_init_process("/sbin/init") ||
- !run_init_process("/etc/init") ||
- !run_init_process("/bin/init") ||
- !run_init_process("/bin/sh"))
+ if (!try_to_run_init_process("/sbin/init") ||
+ !try_to_run_init_process("/etc/init") ||
+ !try_to_run_init_process("/bin/init") ||
+ !try_to_run_init_process("/bin/sh"))
return 0;
- panic("No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. "
+ panic("No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. "
"See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.");
}