[PATCH 1/7] init/initramfs_test: wait_for_initramfs() before running
From: Jia He
Date: Thu May 14 2026 - 01:07:54 EST
initramfs_test_extract() and friends call unpack_to_rootfs() from a
kunit kthread while do_populate_rootfs() may still be running
asynchronously from rootfs_initcall. unpack_to_rootfs() keeps its
parser state in module-static variables (victim, byte_count, state,
this_header, header_buf, name_buf, ...), so the two writers corrupt
each other.
On arm64 v7.0-rc5+ this oopses early in boot:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff80018f9f0ffc
pc : do_reset+0x3c/0x98
Call trace:
do_reset
initramfs_test_extract
kunit_try_run_case
Initramfs unpacking failed: junk within compressed archive
do_reset() faults because 'victim' was overwritten by the boot-time
unpacker; the boot unpacker meanwhile logs the bogus "junk within
compressed archive" on the real initrd because the test wrecked its
state machine.
Add a suite .init that calls wait_for_initramfs() so the async unpack
is quiescent before the first case runs.
To: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
To: David Disseldorp <ddiss@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 83c0b27266ec ("initramfs_test: kunit tests for initramfs unpacking")
Signed-off-by: Jia He <justin.he@xxxxxxx>
---
init/initramfs_test.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/init/initramfs_test.c b/init/initramfs_test.c
index 2ce38d9a8fd0..eb76f63f302e 100644
--- a/init/initramfs_test.c
+++ b/init/initramfs_test.c
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/init_syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/initrd.h>
#include <linux/stringify.h>
#include <linux/timekeeping.h>
#include "initramfs_internal.h"
@@ -510,8 +512,21 @@ static struct kunit_case __refdata initramfs_test_cases[] = {
{},
};
-static struct kunit_suite initramfs_test_suite = {
+static int __init initramfs_test_init(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ /*
+ * unpack_to_rootfs() uses module-static state (victim, byte_count,
+ * state, ...). The boot-time async do_populate_rootfs() may still be
+ * running, so wait for it to finish before we call unpack_to_rootfs()
+ * from the test thread, otherwise the two writers race and crash.
+ */
+ wait_for_initramfs();
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct kunit_suite __refdata initramfs_test_suite = {
.name = "initramfs",
+ .init = initramfs_test_init,
.test_cases = initramfs_test_cases,
};
kunit_test_init_section_suites(&initramfs_test_suite);
--
2.34.1