[projects/geninitrd] sleep before switch_root is about to fail

[glen]

commit 0273c2c4aa93f2c066f64adac9a494495d471e6a
Author: Elan Ruusamäe <glen at delfi.ee>
Date:   Tue Dec 24 02:23:20 2013 +0200

    sleep before switch_root is about to fail
    
    as "exec" never returns, switch_root will be last command on initrd
    and also as switch_root needs to be ran as pid 1, there's no other way
    than to sleep before switch_root followed by kernel panic

 geninitrd | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/geninitrd b/geninitrd
index ff0d958..fdca56b 100755
--- a/geninitrd
+++ b/geninitrd
@@ -944,11 +944,24 @@ initrd_gen_initramfs_switchroot() {
 	EOF
 
 	umount_all
-	busybox_applet switch_root
+	busybox_applet switch_root usleep
 	add_linuxrc <<-'EOF'
 		[ ! -e /newroot/dev/console ] && mknod -m 660 /newroot/dev/console c 5 1
+
+		# switch root to empty dir will make kernel panic, so sleep 10s before it
+		# switch_root needs to be pid 1, so there's no other way to recover from here
+		# if /dev is missing, switch root will likely fail, give debug shell before that
+		if [ ! -d /newroot/dev ]; then
+			echo "/dev is missing, switch_root will likely fail"
+			echo "if you booted with debugrd=sh, then you be given shell and you might able to recover this situation"
+			debugshell
+			[ "$DEBUGINITRD" ] || usleep 10000000
+		fi
+
 		exec switch_root /newroot $init ${1:+"$@"}
 
+		# FIXME: this code is never executed, as "exec" does not return!
+
 		echo "Error! initramfs should not reach this place."
 		echo "It probably means you've got old version of busybox, with broken"
 		echo "initramfs support. Trying to boot anyway, but won't promise anything."
@@ -1446,7 +1459,7 @@ add_linuxrc <<-'EOF'
 EOF
 if is_yes "$RUN_SULOGIN_ON_ERR"; then
 add_linuxrc <<-'EOF'
-	echo "debug shell disabled by /etc/sysconfig/system: RUN_SULOGIN_ON_ERR setting"
+	echo "debug shell disabled by RUN_SULOGIN_ON_ERR=yes from /etc/sysconfig/system during initrd generation time"
 EOF
 else
 add_linuxrc <<-'EOF'
================================================================

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