[dm-devel] [PATCH v12] dm: add support to directly boot to a mapped device

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:33 PM Helen Koike <helen.koike at collabora.com> wrote:
>
> Add a "create" module parameter, which allows device-mapper targets to be
> configured at boot time. This enables early use of dm targets in the boot
> process (as the root device or otherwise) without the need of an initramfs.
>
> The syntax used in the boot param is based on the concise format from the
> dmsetup tool to follow the rule of least surprise:
>
>         sudo dmsetup table --concise /dev/mapper/lroot
>
> Which is:
>         dm-mod.create=<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+][;<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+]+]
>
> Where,
>         <name>          ::= The device name.
>         <uuid>          ::= xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx | ""
>         <minor>         ::= The device minor number | ""
>         <flags>         ::= "ro" | "rw"
>         <table>         ::= <start_sector> <num_sectors> <target_type> <target_args>
>         <target_type>   ::= "verity" | "linear" | ...
>
> For example, the following could be added in the boot parameters:
> dm-mod.create="lroot,,,rw, 0 4096 linear 98:16 0, 4096 4096 linear 98:32 0" root=/dev/dm-0
>
> Only the targets that were tested are allowed and the ones that doesn't
> change any block device when the dm is create as read-only. For example,
> mirror and cache targets are not allowed. The rationale behind this is
> that if the user makes a mistake, choosing the wrong device to be the
> mirror or the cache can corrupt data.
>
> The only targets allowed are:
> * crypt
> * delay
> * linear
> * snapshot-origin
> * striped
> * verity
>
> Co-developed-by: Will Drewry <wad at chromium.org>
> Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> Co-developed-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo at collabora.com>
> Signed-off-by: Helen Koike <helen.koike at collabora.com>

Thanks! This appears to have everything Chrome OS needs. I've asked a
few other folks to look at it too.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>

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Kees Cook