Re: [PATCH -rc] init: don't panic if mount_nodev_root failed

[Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 06:08:44AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 08:46:39AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 12:12:10PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
> > > 
> > > Attempt to mount 9p file system as root gives the following kernel panic:
> > > 
> > >  9pnet_virtio: no channels available for device root
> > >  Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root "root" (9p), err=-2
> > >  CPU: 2 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc1+ #127
> > >  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
> > >  Call Trace:
> > >   dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x59
> > >   panic+0x1e2/0x44b
> > >   ? __warn_printk+0xf3/0xf3
> > >   ? free_unref_page+0x2d4/0x4a0
> > >   ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x32/0x120
> > >   ? free_unref_page+0x2d4/0x4a0
> > >   mount_root+0x189/0x1e0
> > >   prepare_namespace+0x136/0x165
> > >   kernel_init_freeable+0x3b8/0x3cb
> > >   ? rest_init+0x2e0/0x2e0
> > >   kernel_init+0x19/0x130
> > >   ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
> > >  Kernel Offset: disabled
> > >  ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root "root" (9p), err=-2 ]---
> > > 
> > > QEMU command line:
> > >  "qemu-system-x86_64 -append root=/dev/root rw rootfstype=9p rootflags=trans=virtio ..."
> > > 
> > > This error is because root_device_name is truncated in prepare_namespace() from
> > > being "/dev/root" to be "root" prior to call to mount_nodev_root().
> > > 
> > > As a solution, don't treat errors in mount_nodev_root() as errors that
> > > require panics and allow failback to the mount flow that existed before
> > > patch citied in Fixes tag.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: f9259be6a9e7 ("init: allow mounting arbitrary non-blockdevice filesystems as root")
> > > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
> > > ---
> > > I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do, but it works for me.
> > > ---
> > >  init/do_mounts.c | 3 ---
> > >  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I assume that after Christoph gave his ROB [1], the patch is ok.
> > Should I do anything else in order to progress with merging it?
> 
> Sits in the local pile; will go to Linus tomorrow...

Thanks Al,

I have a question for the next time, is it possible to see the status
of the patches without nagging you?

Thanks