linux/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt
Paul E. McKenney 33595581f5 torture: Update initrd documentation
The rcu-test-image.txt documentation covers a very uncommon case where
a real userspace environment is required.  However, someone reading this
document might reasonably conclude that this is in fact a prerequisite.
In addition, the initrd.txt file mentions dracut, which is no longer used.
This commit therefore provides the needed updates.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-08-24 18:45:33 -07:00

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The rcutorture scripting tools automatically create an initrd containing
a single statically linked binary named "init" that loops over a
very long sleep() call. In both cases, this creation is done by
tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh.
However, if you don't like the notion of statically linked bare-bones
userspace environments, you might wish to press an existing initrd
into service:
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cd tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture
zcat /initrd.img > /tmp/initrd.img.zcat
mkdir initrd
cd initrd
cpio -id < /tmp/initrd.img.zcat
# Manually verify that initrd contains needed binaries and libraries.