While writing my scripts for initramfs, the following thought occurred:
1. We only need the fd for initramfs.
2. We want to log the output from commands executed in initramfs.
Currently with an initrd, we set fd 0, 1, 2 to point to /dev/console.
Is there any reason we couldn't set fd 0 to /dev/console (maybe from
inside initramfs) but always setup fd 1 and 2 from the kernel to point
at a special "translate this into printk" fd ?
This has several advantages:
1. No need for another "special" device.
2. Once the fd is closed, its gone for good - no security concerns with
apps in userland after boot dumping copious amounts of data into the
kernel message buffer.
3. initramfs programs/scripts don't need to be aware of any special
logging facilities
The disadvantages:
1. We need some way to open fd 1 and 2 in the first place; this is
likely to be a special case, and initramfs is supposed to remove
special cases from the kernel.
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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
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