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File 0058-dracut-add-warning-when-including-unsupported-module.patch of Package dracut.9696

From 5473e4b5d8d9bbf9bd995dff815647de0ed1b30b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:30:01 +0200
Subject: dracut: add warning when including unsupported modules

With self-built kernels (often used for debugging by both internal and
external development), it's a common mistake to not set up
Module.supported properly. As a result, modules can end up without the
supported tag. "make install" will happily build an initramfs, via
dracut, that will not boot due to the kernel refusing to load the
unsupported modules.

This patch adds a --check-supported option to check whether all modules
added to the initramfs are marked supported and warn if they are not.
It will not cause the initramfs creation to fail.

The option is intended to be called via /sbin/installkernel, which will
check to see if the kernel has CONFIG_SUSE_KERNEL_SUPPORTED before using
the option.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
---
 dracut-init.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 dracut.8.asc        | 11 +++++++++++
 dracut.sh           |  5 +++++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

Index: dracut-044/dracut-init.sh
===================================================================
--- dracut-044.orig/dracut-init.sh
+++ dracut-044/dracut-init.sh
@@ -849,6 +849,17 @@ for_each_module_dir() {
     done
 }
 
+check_supported_kmod() {
+    kmod=$1
+    supported=$(modinfo -k $kernel -F supported $kmod 2>/dev/null)
+    case "$supported" in
+    yes|external) ;;
+    *) dwarn "Module \"$(basename $kmod)\" is unsupported. This may cause" \
+             "problems while booting." ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+
 # Install a single kernel module along with any firmware it may require.
 # $1 = full path to kernel module to install
 install_kmod_with_fw() {
@@ -910,6 +921,10 @@ install_kmod_with_fw() {
             fi
         fi
     done
+
+    if [[ "$check_supported" = "yes" ]]; then
+        check_supported_kmod $1
+    fi
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -956,6 +971,12 @@ dracut_kernel_post() {
                     inst_simple "$_modpath" "/lib/modules/$kernel/${_destpath}" || exit $?
                 done < "$DRACUT_KERNEL_LAZY_HASHDIR/lazylist.dep"
             fi
+
+            if [[ $check_supported ]]; then
+                while read _modpath; do
+                    check_supported_kmod $_modpath
+                done < "$DRACUT_KERNEL_LAZY_HASHDIR/lazylist.dep"
+            fi
         ) &
         _pid=$(jobs -p | while read a  || [ -n "$a" ]; do printf ":$a";done)
         _pid=${_pid##*:}
Index: dracut-044/dracut.8.asc
===================================================================
--- dracut-044.orig/dracut.8.asc
+++ dracut-044/dracut.8.asc
@@ -490,6 +490,17 @@ will not be able to boot.
     Specifies the kernel image, which to include in the UEFI executable. The default is
     _/lib/modules/<KERNEL-VERSION>/vmlinuz_ or _/boot/vmlinuz-<KERNEL-VERSION>_
 
+**--check-supported**::
+    The kernel may be configured to check whether a module is
+    supported by the vendor before allowing it to be loaded.  On these
+    systems, it's possible to generate an initramfs image that will
+    fail to boot due to unsupported modules being refused.  This
+    option enables a check that will issue a warning if a module built
+    without the support option enabled is encountered while building
+    the image.  Use of this option assumes that the kernel requires
+    supported modules and will issue a warning on every module if used
+    otherwise.
+
 FILES
 -----
 _/var/log/dracut.log_::
Index: dracut-044/dracut.sh
===================================================================
--- dracut-044.orig/dracut.sh
+++ dracut-044/dracut.sh
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ Creates initial ramdisk images for prelo
   --printsize           Print out the module install size
   --sshkey [SSHKEY]     Add ssh key to initramfs (use with ssh-client module)
   --logfile [FILE]      Logfile to use (overrides configuration setting)
+  --check-supported     Check to ensure that modules are marked supported when
+                        using a kernel that is configured to check the
+                        support status of a module before loading.
   --reproducible        Create reproducible images
   --no-reproducible     Do not create reproducible images
   --loginstall [DIR]    Log all files installed from the host to [DIR]
@@ -360,6 +363,7 @@ rearrange_params()
         --long noimageifnotneeded \
         --long early-microcode \
         --long no-early-microcode \
+        --long check-supported \
         --long reproducible \
         --long no-reproducible \
         --long loginstall: \
@@ -556,6 +560,7 @@ while :; do
         --printsize)   printsize="yes";;
         --regenerate-all) regenerate_all="yes";;
         --noimageifnotneeded) noimageifnotneeded="yes";;
+        --check-supported) check_supported="yes" ;;
         --reproducible) reproducible_l="yes";;
         --no-reproducible) reproducible_l="no";;
         --uefi)        uefi="yes";;

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