Bug 832238 - new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd infinite loop presents as segfault
Summary: new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd infinite loop presents as segfault
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grubby
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-06-14 23:58 UTC by Zach Brown
Modified: 2015-05-18 01:40 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-08-01 08:55:50 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
rename mkinitrd helper shell function so it doesn't execute itself (478 bytes, patch)
2012-06-14 23:58 UTC, Zach Brown
no flags Details | Diff
avoid recursion in mkinitrd (grown up git patch this time) (1.33 KB, patch)
2012-06-22 21:16 UTC, Zach Brown
no flags Details | Diff

Description Zach Brown 2012-06-14 23:58:14 UTC
Created attachment 591952 [details]
rename mkinitrd helper shell function so it doesn't execute itself

Description of problem:

new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd gets stuck in an infinite loop because the mkinitrd shell function tries to execute "mkinitrd", itself.  It used to try and execute /sbin/mkinitrd.

I tripped over this by running an old ~/bin/installkernel helper script that wasn't updated to know about --dracut.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

This seems to have been introduced in commit:

commit eec2063c966df68a9e1947d9e9474df72540e3c6
Author: Peter Jones <pjones>
Date:   Thu Jan 19 10:32:23 2012 -0500

    Fix hard coded paths so kernel's "make install" will DTRT.


[...]
--- a/new-kernel-pkg
+++ b/new-kernel-pkg
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ mkinitrd() {
     if [ -n "$dracut" ]; then
         tool="dracut $dracuthostonly -f $initrdfile $version"
     else
-       tool="/sbin/mkinitrd --allow-missing -f $initrdfile $version"
+       tool="mkinitrd --allow-missing -f $initrdfile $version"
     fi
     [ -n "$verbose" ] && echo "creating initrd: $tool"
     $tool


How reproducible:

100%, just provide enough args to get into the mkinitrd parsing.  The example command line does it!

Steps to Reproduce:
1. new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.4.7-2
  
Actual results:

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Expected results:

\o/

Additional info:

The attached patch fixes it even if the dorkyCase makes my skin crawl.

Comment 1 Zach Brown 2012-06-22 21:16:17 UTC
Created attachment 593830 [details]
avoid recursion in mkinitrd (grown up git patch this time)

Here's a better git commit with a comment and sob, sorry for the crummy first pass.

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