import os import infra.basetest class TestKexec(infra.basetest.BRTest): # A specific configuration is needed for using kexec: # - We use Aarch64 since it is well supported for kexec, # - A kernel config fragment enables all the kexec parts, # - The kernel Image is installed on target filesystem to be # reloaded through kexec, # - We use a ext4 rootfs image exposed as a virtio storage (rather # than cpio initrd). This avoids needing to install the initrd # inside the rootfs. config = \ """ BR2_aarch64=y BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyAMA0" BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.1.15" BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config" BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="{}" BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH="{}" BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC=y BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set """.format( infra.filepath("tests/package/test_kexec/linux-kexec.fragment"), infra.filepath("tests/package/test_kexec/qemu-aarch64-virt-5.2-machine.dts") ) def test_run(self): hda = os.path.join(self.builddir, "images", "rootfs.ext4") kern = os.path.join(self.builddir, "images", "Image") dtb = os.path.join(self.builddir, "images", "qemu-aarch64-virt-5.2-machine.dtb") # Notes: # Sufficient memory is needed to load the kernel: having at # least 512MB works. kexec could silently fail if not enough # memory is present. KASLR needs to be disabled for the test: # we pass "nokaslr" to kernel bootargs, and also pass a custom # devicetree to qemu virt machine. This devicetree is based on # qemu aarch64 5.2 dts with kaslr-seed set 0. # With newer qemu >= 7.0 we can disable KASLR from the qemu # command line using "dtb-kaslr-seed=off". bootargs = ["root=/dev/vda console=ttyAMA0 nokaslr"] qemu_opts = ["-M", "virt", "-dtb", dtb, "-cpu", "cortex-a57", "-m", "512M", "-drive", f"file={hda},if=virtio,format=raw"] self.emulator.boot(arch="aarch64", kernel=kern, kernel_cmdline=bootargs, options=qemu_opts) self.emulator.login() # Test the program can execute self.assertRunOk("kexec --version") # Check the kexec kernel is NOT loaded: self.assertRunOk("test \"$(cat /sys/kernel/kexec_loaded)\" -eq 0") # Load the Kernel: # "--append br-test" adds a dummy kernel args we'll be able to # check in the second executed kernel. # We use the dtb image from /sys/firmware/fdt (since we don't # have the dtb file in the system) self.assertRunOk("kexec -d -l --dtb=/sys/firmware/fdt --reuse-cmdline --serial=ttyAMA0 --append=br-test /boot/Image") # Check the kexec kernel IS loaded: self.assertRunOk("test \"$(cat /sys/kernel/kexec_loaded)\" -eq 1") # Create a marker file in tmpfs which is supposed to disappear # after kexec kernel restart. self.assertRunOk("touch /dev/shm/br-kexec-marker") # Execute the loaded kernel (i.e perform a kexec reboot) # qemu.sendline() is used here because no exit code nor # program return is expected, since kexec is like a # reboot. The login is expected to be reached after the # command is issued. self.emulator.qemu.sendline("kexec -d -e") # Wait for the login, and log again self.emulator.login() # Check the "br-test" dummy kernel arg is present self.assertRunOk("grep br-test /proc/cmdline") # Check the test marker file is no longer here self.assertRunOk("test ! -e /dev/shm/br-kexec-marker") # After restart, the kernel is not supposed to have a kexec # loaded image: self.assertRunOk("test \"$(cat /sys/kernel/kexec_loaded)\" -eq 0")