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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt index 933b4fd12327..41a4255865d4 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ -The rcutorture scripting tools automatically create the needed initrd -directory using dracut. Failing that, this tool will 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. +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 are attempting to run rcutorture on a system that does -not have dracut installed, and if you don't like the notion of static -linking, you might wish to press an existing initrd into service: +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: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cd tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture @@ -15,24 +14,3 @@ mkdir initrd cd initrd cpio -id < /tmp/initrd.img.zcat # Manually verify that initrd contains needed binaries and libraries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Interestingly enough, if you are running rcutorture, you don't really -need userspace in many cases. Running without userspace has the -advantage of allowing you to test your kernel independently of the -distro in place, the root-filesystem layout, and so on. To make this -happen, put the following script in the initrd's tree's "/init" file, -with 0755 mode. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -#!/bin/sh - -while : -do - sleep 10 -done ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -This approach also allows most of the binaries and libraries in the -initrd filesystem to be dispensed with, which can save significant -space in rcutorture's "res" directory. |