rdshell

dracut.8

@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ do not load kernel module <drivername>
 
 .SH Debug
 .TP
+.B rdshell
+drop to a shell, if the imitramfs fails
+.TP
 .B rdinitdebug
 set -x for the dracut shell
 .TP

modules.d/99base/init

@@ -8,19 +8,25 @@
 emergency_shell()
 {
     exec >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console
+    echo ; echo
+    echo $@
     getarg rdinitdebug || dmesg
     source_all emergency
+    if getarg rdshell; then
         echo ; echo
-    echo "Bug in initramfs /init detected. Dropping to a shell. Good luck!"
+        echo "Dropping to a shell. Good luck!"
         echo
         sh -i
+    else
+        while :; do sleep 1;done
+    fi
 }
 
 export PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 export TERM=linux
 NEWROOT="/sysroot"
 
-trap "emergency_shell" 0
+trap "emergency_shell Unkown signal caught!" 0
 
 . /lib/dracut-lib.sh
 
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620 /dev/pts /dev/pts >/dev/null 2>&1
 UDEVVERSION=$(udevadm --version)
 
 # run scriptlets to parse the command line
-getarg 'rdbreak=cmdline' && emergency_shell
+getarg 'rdbreak=cmdline' && emergency_shell "Break before cmdline"
 source_all cmdline
 
 [ -z "$root" ] && die "No or empty root= argument"
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ source_all cmdline
 } > /tmp/root.info
 
 # pre-udev scripts run before udev starts, and are run only once.
-getarg 'rdbreak=pre-udev' && emergency_shell
+getarg 'rdbreak=pre-udev' && emergency_shell "Break before pre-udev"
 source_all pre-udev
 
 # start up udev and trigger cold plugs
@@ -121,8 +127,8 @@ while :; do
         # no more udev jobs
         sleep 0.5
         i=$(($i+1))
-        [ $i -gt 20 ] && getarg rdshell \
+        [ $i -gt 20 ] \
-            && { flock -s 9 ; emergency_shell; } 9>/.console_lock
+            && { flock -s 9 ; emergency_shell "No root device found"; } 9>/.console_lock
     fi
 done
 unset job
@@ -130,10 +136,11 @@ unset queuetriggered
 
 # pre-mount happens before we try to mount the root filesystem,
 # and happens once.
-getarg 'rdbreak=pre-mount' && emergency_shell
+getarg 'rdbreak=pre-mount' && emergency_shell "Break pre-mount"
 source_all pre-mount
-getarg 'rdbreak=mount' && emergency_shell
 
+
+getarg 'rdbreak=mount' && emergency_shell "Break mount"
 # mount scripts actually try to mount the root filesystem, and may
 # be sourced any number of times. As soon as one suceeds, no more are sourced.
 i=0
@@ -145,8 +152,8 @@ while :; do
     done
 
     i=$(($i+1))
-    [ $i -gt 20 ] && getarg rdshell \
+    [ $i -gt 20 ] \
-        && { flock -s 9 ; emergency_shell; } 9>/.console_lock
+        && { flock -s 9 ; emergency_shell "Can't mount root filesystem"; } 9>/.console_lock
 done
 
 # pre pivot scripts are sourced just before we switch over to the new root.
@@ -159,8 +166,8 @@ for i in "$(getarg init=)" /sbin/init /etc/init /init /bin/sh; do
     [ -f "$NEWROOT$i" -a -x "$NEWROOT$i" ] && { INIT="$i"; break; }
 done
 [ "$INIT" ] || {
-    echo "Cannot find init! Please check to make sure you passed"
+    echo "Cannot find init!"
-    echo "a valid root filesystem!  Dropping to a shell."
+    echo "Please check to make sure you passed a valid root filesystem!"
     emergency_shell
 }
 

test/TEST-10-RAID/test.sh

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ KVERSION=${KVERSION-$(uname -r)}
 test_run() {
     $testdir/run-qemu -hda root.ext2 -m 256M -nographic \
 	-net none -kernel /boot/vmlinuz-$KVERSION \
-	-append "root=/dev/dracut/root rw quiet console=ttyS0,115200n81 $DEBUGFAIL" \
+	-append "root=/dev/dracut/root rw quiet console=ttyS0,115200n81 rdshell $DEBUGFAIL" \
 	-initrd initramfs.testing
     grep -m 1 -q dracut-root-block-success root.ext2 || return 1
 }

test/TEST-20-NFS/test.sh

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ client_test() {
   	-net nic,macaddr=$mac,model=e1000 \
   	-net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234 \
   	-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-$KVERSION \
-  	-append "$cmdline $DEBUGFAIL ro quiet console=ttyS0,115200n81" \
+  	-append "$cmdline $DEBUGFAIL rdshell ro quiet console=ttyS0,115200n81" \
   	-initrd initramfs.testing
 
     if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] || ! grep -m 1 -q nfs-OK client.img; then

test/TEST-30-ISCSI/test.sh

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ run_client() {
   	-net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:00,model=e1000 \
   	-net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1235 \
   	-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-$KVERSION \
-	-append "root=dhcp rw quiet console=ttyS0,115200n81 $DEBUGFAIL" \
+	-append "root=dhcp rw quiet console=ttyS0,115200n81 rdshell $DEBUGFAIL" \
   	-initrd initramfs.testing
     grep -m 1 -q iscsi-OK client.img || return 1
 }

test/TEST-40-NBD/test.sh

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ client_test() {
 	-net nic,macaddr=$mac,model=e1000 \
 	-net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1236 \
 	-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-$KVERSION \
-	-append "$cmdline $DEBUGFAIL ro quiet console=ttyS0,115200n81" \
+	-append "$cmdline $DEBUGFAIL rdshell ro quiet console=ttyS0,115200n81" \
 	-initrd initramfs.testing
 
     if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] || ! grep -m 1 -q nbd-OK flag.img; then