Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] gen_initramfs.sh: use absolute path for gen_init_cpio

From: Denis Efremov
Date: Thu Aug 19 2021 - 16:51:50 EST




On 8/19/21 3:24 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 12:47 AM Denis Efremov <efremov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Use absolute path to call gen_init_cpio. This allows one
>> to use gen_initramfs.sh from any directory.
>
> I do not mind this, but $(dirname "$0")
> is not necessarily an absolute path, is it?
>
>
> I added test code:
>
> echo dirname is $(dirname $0)
>
> in this script, and I saw
>
> dirname is usr

Oh, sorry, commit message is wrong. Would that be ok for you if I will change
it in v2 to something like:

Prepend gen_init_cpio call with the same path as gen_initramfs.sh called. This
allows one to use gen_initramfs.sh from any directory, not only from the
kernel's topdir.

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>>
>> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> usr/gen_initramfs.sh | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/usr/gen_initramfs.sh b/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
>> index 63476bb70b41..2e4a86181c79 100755
>> --- a/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
>> +++ b/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
>> @@ -244,4 +244,4 @@ if test -n "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"; then
>> timestamp="-t $timestamp"
>> fi
>> fi
>> -usr/gen_init_cpio $timestamp $cpio_list > $output
>> +"$(dirname "$0")"/gen_init_cpio $timestamp $cpio_list > $output
>> --
>> 2.31.1
>>
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> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada
>