From e791d753bed41315cfbd8611e65cc8cd64ea2d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederick Grose <fgrose@sugarlabs.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 18:40:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] livenet: Enable OverlayFS overlay in sysroot.mount generator.
Adjust sysroot.mount configuration for rd.live.overlay.overlayfs option.
Use link at /dev/root as a consistent flag for wait_for_dev.
Adjust documentation.
---
dracut.cmdline.7.asc | 9 +++++----
modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-root.sh | 5 +++--
modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh | 2 +-
modules.d/90livenet/livenet-generator.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++----
4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dracut.cmdline.7.asc b/dracut.cmdline.7.asc
index 9252d253..df633e5d 100644
--- a/dracut.cmdline.7.asc
+++ b/dracut.cmdline.7.asc
@@ -930,7 +930,8 @@ NOTE: There must be enough free RAM available to hold the complete image.
This method is very suitable for diskless boots.
**root=**live:__<url>__::
-Boots a live image retrieved from __<url>__. Valid handlers: __http, https, ftp, torrent, tftp__.
+Boots a live image retrieved from __<url>__. Requires dracut 'livenet' module.
+Valid handlers: __http, https, ftp, torrent, tftp__.
+
[listing]
.Example
@@ -955,7 +956,7 @@ By default, this is __squashfs.img__.
Copy the complete image to RAM and use this for booting. This is useful
when the image resides on, i.e., a DVD which needs to be ejected later on.
-**rd.live.overlay=**__<devspec>__:__(<pathspec>|auto)__|__none__::
+**rd.live.overlay={**__<devspec>__[:__{<pathspec>|auto}__]|__none__}::
Allow the usage of a permanent overlay.
- _<devspec>_ specifies the path to a device with a mountable filesystem.
- _<pathspec>_ is the path to a file within that filesystem, which shall be
@@ -1005,10 +1006,10 @@ extended attributes and provides a valid d_type in readdir responses, such as
with ext4 and xfs. On non-vfat-formatted devices, a persistent OverlayFS
overlay can extend the available root filesystem storage up to the capacity of
the LiveOS device.
-
++
If a persistent overlay is detected at the standard LiveOS path, the overlay &
overlay type detected (whether OverlayFS or Device-mapper) will be used.
-
++
The **rd.live.overlay.readonly** option, which allows a persistent overlayfs to
be mounted read only through a higher level transient overlay directory, has
been implemented through the multiple lower layers feature of OverlayFS.
diff --git a/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-root.sh b/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-root.sh
index 8f3b2bf9..ac603408 100755
--- a/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-root.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-root.sh
@@ -376,19 +376,20 @@ if [ -n "$overlayfs" ]; then
mount -r $FSIMG /run/rootfsbase
fi
if [ -z "$DRACUT_SYSTEMD" ]; then
- #FIXME What to link to /dev/root? Is it even needed?
printf 'mount -t overlay LiveOS_rootfs -o%s,%s %s\n' "$ROOTFLAGS" \
'lowerdir=/run/rootfsbase,upperdir=/run/overlayfs,workdir=/run/ovlwork' \
"$NEWROOT" > $hookdir/mount/01-$$-live.sh
fi
+ _dev=/run/rootfsbase
else
- ln -s /dev/mapper/live-rw /dev/root
+ _dev=/dev/mapper/live-rw
if [ -z "$DRACUT_SYSTEMD" ]; then
[ -n "$ROOTFLAGS" ] && ROOTFLAGS="-o $ROOTFLAGS"
printf 'mount %s /dev/mapper/live-rw %s\n' "$ROOTFLAGS" "$NEWROOT" > $hookdir/mount/01-$$-live.sh
fi
ln -s $BASE_LOOPDEV /run/rootfsbase
fi
+ln -s $_dev /dev/root
need_shutdown
diff --git a/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh b/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh
index a9b78ab5..0eedf1f6 100755
--- a/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ info "root was $liveroot, is now $root"
# make sure that init doesn't complain
[ -z "$root" ] && root="live"
-wait_for_dev -n /run/rootfsbase
+wait_for_dev -n /dev/root
return 0
diff --git a/modules.d/90livenet/livenet-generator.sh b/modules.d/90livenet/livenet-generator.sh
index a349cd0b..e2b5b6eb 100755
--- a/modules.d/90livenet/livenet-generator.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90livenet/livenet-generator.sh
@@ -43,19 +43,29 @@ GENERATOR_DIR="$2"
[ -d "$GENERATOR_DIR" ] || mkdir "$GENERATOR_DIR"
+getargbool 0 rd.live.overlay.overlayfs && overlayfs="yes"
+[ -e /xor_overlayfs ] && xor_overlayfs="yes"
ROOTFLAGS="$(getarg rootflags)"
{
echo "[Unit]"
echo "Before=initrd-root-fs.target"
echo "[Mount]"
echo "Where=/sysroot"
- echo "What=/dev/mapper/live-rw"
- [ -n "$ROOTFLAGS" ] && echo "Options=${ROOTFLAGS}"
+ if [ "$overlayfs$xor_overlayfs" = "yes" ]; then
+ echo "What=LiveOS_rootfs"
+ echo "Options=${ROOTFLAGS},lowerdir=/run/rootfsbase,upperdir=/run/overlayfs,workdir=/run/ovlwork"
+ echo "Type=overlay"
+ _dev=LiveOS_rootfs
+ else
+ echo "What=/dev/mapper/live-rw"
+ [ -n "$ROOTFLAGS" ] && echo "Options=${ROOTFLAGS}"
+ _dev=$'dev-mapper-live\\x2drw'
+ fi
} > "$GENERATOR_DIR"/sysroot.mount
-mkdir -p "$GENERATOR_DIR/dev-mapper-live\x2drw.device.d"
+mkdir -p "$GENERATOR_DIR/$_dev.device.d"
{
echo "[Unit]"
echo "JobTimeoutSec=3000"
echo "JobRunningTimeoutSec=3000"
-} > "$GENERATOR_DIR/dev-mapper-live\x2drw.device.d/timeout.conf"
+} > "$GENERATOR_DIR/$_dev.device.d/timeout.conf"