support building for a specific kernel version

Slightly rework things so that we can provide a kernel release/version
tag to mkinitfs and have it only operate on that, suffixing all the
relevant files and passing the info on to boot-deploy.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Connolly <caleb@postmarketos.org>

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -6,126 +6,43 @@ image: alpine:edge
 variables:
   GOFLAGS: "-buildvcs=false"
   PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL: "${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/generic/mkinitfs-vendor-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}/${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
-  CI_TRON_TEMPLATE_PROJECT: &ci-tron-template-project postmarketOS/ci-common
-  CI_TRON_JOB_TEMPLATE_PROJECT_URL: $CI_SERVER_URL/$CI_TRON_TEMPLATE_PROJECT
-  CI_TRON_JOB_TEMPLATE_COMMIT: &ci-tron-template-commit 7c95b5f2d53533e8722abf57c73e558168e811f3
-
-include:
-  - project: *ci-tron-template-project
-    ref: *ci-tron-template-commit
-    file: '/ci-tron/common.yml'
 
 stages:
+  - lint
   - build
-  - hardware tests
   - vendor
   - release
 
-workflow:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == 'master'
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG != null'
+# defaults for "only"
+# We need to run the CI jobs in a "merge request specific context", if CI is
+# running in a merge request. Otherwise the environment variable that holds the
+# merge request ID is not available. This means, we must set the "only"
+# variable accordingly - and if we only do it for one job, all other jobs will
+# not get executed. So have the defaults here, and use them in all jobs that
+# should run on both the master branch, and in merge requests.
+# https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.html#excluding-certain-jobs
+.only-default: &only-default
+  only:
+    - master
+    - merge_requests
+    - tags
 
 build:
   stage: build
-  variables:
-    GOTEST: "gotestsum --junitfile report.xml --format testname -- ./..."
-  parallel:
-    matrix:
-      - TAG: shared
-      - TAG: arm64
-  tags:
-    - $TAG
+  <<: *only-default
   before_script:
-    - apk -q add go gotestsum staticcheck make scdoc
+    - apk -q add go staticcheck make scdoc
   script:
     - make test
     - make
-  after_script:
-    - mkdir -p rootfs/usr/sbin
-    - cp mkinitfs rootfs/usr/sbin
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 1 week
-    reports:
-      junit: report.xml
-    paths:
-      - rootfs
-
-.qemu-common:
-  variables:
-    DEVICE_NAME: qemu-$CPU_ARCH
-    KERNEL_VARIANT: lts
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG != null'
-      when: never
-
-.build-ci-tron-qemu:
-  stage: hardware tests
-  extends:
-    - .pmos-ci-tron-build-boot-artifacts
-    - .qemu-common
-  variables:
-    INSTALL_PACKAGES: device-${DEVICE_NAME} device-${DEVICE_NAME}-kernel-${KERNEL_VARIANT} postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-ci
-
-build-ci-tron-qemu-amd64:
-  extends:
-    - .build-ci-tron-qemu
-  needs:
-    - job: "build"
-      parallel:
-        matrix:
-          - TAG: shared
-  variables:
-    CPU_ARCH: amd64
-
-build-ci-tron-qemu-aarch64:
-  extends:
-    - .build-ci-tron-qemu
-  needs:
-    - job: "build"
-      parallel:
-        matrix:
-          - TAG: arm64
-  variables:
-    CPU_ARCH: aarch64
-
-.test-ci-tron-qemu:
-  stage: hardware tests
-  extends:
-    - .pmos-ci-tron-initramfs-test
-    - .qemu-common
-  dependencies: []
-  variables:
-    CI_TRON_KERNEL__URL: "glartifact://build-ci-tron-qemu-$CPU_ARCH/${CI_TRON__PMB_EXPORT_PATH}/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_VARIANT}"
-    CI_TRON_INITRAMFS__INITRAMFS__URL: "glartifact://build-ci-tron-qemu-$CPU_ARCH/${CI_TRON__PMB_EXPORT_PATH}/initramfs"
-    CI_TRON_KERNEL_CMDLINE__DEVICEINFO: 'console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200 PMOS_FORCE_PARTITION_RESIZE'
-
-test-ci-tron-qemu-amd64:
-  extends:
-    - .test-ci-tron-qemu
-    - .pmos-ci-tron-runner-qemu-amd64
-  needs:
-    - job: 'build-ci-tron-qemu-amd64'
-      artifacts: false
-  variables:
-    CPU_ARCH: amd64
-
-test-ci-tron-qemu-aarch64:
-  extends:
-    - .test-ci-tron-qemu
-    - .pmos-ci-tron-runner-qemu-aarch64
-  needs:
-    - job: 'build-ci-tron-qemu-aarch64'
-      artifacts: false
-  variables:
-    CPU_ARCH: aarch64
 
 vendor:
   stage: vendor
   image: alpine:latest
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG != null'
+  only:
+    - tags
   before_script:
     - apk -q add curl go make
   script:
@@ -137,8 +54,8 @@ vendor:
 release:
   stage: release
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG != null'
+  only:
+    - tags
   script:
     - |
       release-cli create --name "Release $CI_COMMIT_TAG" --tag-name $CI_COMMIT_TAG \

Makefile

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ GO?=go
 GOFLAGS?=
 LDFLAGS+=-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION)
 RM?=rm -f
-GOTESTOPTS?=-count=1 -race
-GOTEST?=go test ./...
+GOTEST=go test -count=1 -race
 DISABLE_GOGC?=
 
 ifeq ($(DISABLE_GOGC),1)
@@ -48,10 +47,10 @@ test:
 	fi
 	@staticcheck ./...
 
-	$(GOTEST) $(GOTESTOPTS)
+	@$(GOTEST) ./...
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) mkinitfs $(DOCS)
+	$(RM) mkinitfs $(DOCS) 
 	$(RM) $(VENDORED)*
 
 install: $(DOCS) mkinitfs

cmd/mkinitfs/main.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 	defer func() { os.Exit(retCode) }()
 
 	outDir := flag.String("d", "/boot", "Directory to output initfs(-extra) and other boot files")
+	kernVerArg := flag.String("k", "guess", "Kernel version to run for")
 
 	var showVersion bool
 	flag.BoolVar(&showVersion, "version", false, "Print version and quit.")
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ func main() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&disableBootDeploy, "no-bootdeploy", false, "Disable running 'boot-deploy' after generating archives.")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	kernVer := *kernVerArg
+
 	if showVersion {
 		fmt.Printf("%s - %s\n", filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), Version)
 		return
@@ -68,11 +71,14 @@ func main() {
 
 	defer misc.TimeFunc(time.Now(), "mkinitfs")
 
-	kernVer, err := osutil.GetKernelVersion()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Println(err)
-		retCode = 1
-		return
+	if kernVer == "guess" {
+		_kernVer, err := osutil.GetKernelVersion()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println(err)
+			retCode = 1
+			return
+		}
+		kernVer = _kernVer
 	}
 
 	// temporary working dir
@@ -111,16 +117,16 @@ func main() {
 		hookfiles.New("/etc/mkinitfs/files"),
 		hookscripts.New("/usr/share/mkinitfs/hooks", "/hooks"),
 		hookscripts.New("/etc/mkinitfs/hooks", "/hooks"),
-		modules.New("/usr/share/mkinitfs/modules"),
-		modules.New("/etc/mkinitfs/modules"),
+		modules.New("/usr/share/mkinitfs/modules", kernVer),
+		modules.New("/etc/mkinitfs/modules", kernVer),
 	})
 	initfsExtra := initramfs.New([]filelist.FileLister{
 		hookfiles.New("/usr/share/mkinitfs/files-extra"),
 		hookfiles.New("/etc/mkinitfs/files-extra"),
 		hookscripts.New("/usr/share/mkinitfs/hooks-extra", "/hooks-extra"),
 		hookscripts.New("/etc/mkinitfs/hooks-extra", "/hooks-extra"),
-		modules.New("/usr/share/mkinitfs/modules-extra"),
-		modules.New("/etc/mkinitfs/modules-extra"),
+		modules.New("/usr/share/mkinitfs/modules-extra", kernVer),
+		modules.New("/etc/mkinitfs/modules-extra", kernVer),
 	})
 
 	if err := initramfsAr.AddItems(initfs); err != nil {
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := initramfsAr.Write(filepath.Join(workDir, "initramfs"), os.FileMode(0644)); err != nil {
+	if err := initramfsAr.Write(filepath.Join(workDir, fmt.Sprintf("initramfs-%s", kernVer)), os.FileMode(0644)); err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 		log.Println("failed to generate: ", "initramfs")
 		retCode = 1
@@ -177,7 +183,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Final processing of initramfs / kernel is done by boot-deploy
 	if !disableBootDeploy {
-		if err := bootDeploy(workDir, *outDir, devinfo); err != nil {
+		if err := bootDeploy(workDir, *outDir, devinfo, kernVer); err != nil {
 			log.Println(err)
 			log.Println("boot-deploy failed")
 			retCode = 1
@@ -186,10 +192,10 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-func bootDeploy(workDir string, outDir string, devinfo deviceinfo.DeviceInfo) error {
+func bootDeploy(workDir string, outDir string, devinfo deviceinfo.DeviceInfo, kernVer string) error {
 	log.Print("== Using boot-deploy to finalize/install files ==")
 	defer misc.TimeFunc(time.Now(), "boot-deploy")
 
-	bd := bootdeploy.New(workDir, outDir, devinfo)
+	bd := bootdeploy.New(workDir, outDir, devinfo, kernVer)
 	return bd.Run()
 }

internal/archive/archive.go

@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ func (archive *Archive) writeCpio() error {
 		archive.addSymlink("/bin", "/bin")
 		archive.addSymlink("/sbin", "/sbin")
 		archive.addSymlink("/lib", "/lib")
+		archive.addSymlink("/usr/sbin", "/usr/sbin")
 	}
 	// having a transient function for actually adding files to the archive
 	// allows the deferred fd.close to run after every copy and prevent having

internal/bootdeploy/bootdeploy.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type BootDeploy struct {
 	inDir   string
 	outDir  string
 	devinfo deviceinfo.DeviceInfo
+	kernVer string
 }
 
 // New returns a new BootDeploy, which then runs:
@@ -26,11 +27,12 @@ type BootDeploy struct {
 //
 // devinfo is used to access some deviceinfo values, such as UbootBoardname
 // and GenerateSystemdBoot
-func New(inDir string, outDir string, devinfo deviceinfo.DeviceInfo) *BootDeploy {
+func New(inDir string, outDir string, devinfo deviceinfo.DeviceInfo, kernVer string) *BootDeploy {
 	return &BootDeploy{
 		inDir:   inDir,
 		outDir:  outDir,
 		devinfo: devinfo,
+		kernVer: kernVer,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -43,10 +45,11 @@ func (b *BootDeploy) Run() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	kernels, err := getKernelPath(b.outDir, b.devinfo.GenerateSystemdBoot == "true")
+	kernels, err := getKernelPath(b.outDir, b.kernVer, b.devinfo.GenerateSystemdBoot == "true")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	println(fmt.Sprintf("kernels: %v\n", kernels))
 
 	// Pick a kernel that does not have suffixes added by boot-deploy
 	var kernFile string
@@ -79,8 +82,9 @@ func (b *BootDeploy) Run() error {
 
 	// boot-deploy -i initramfs -k vmlinuz-postmarketos-rockchip -d /tmp/cpio -o /tmp/foo initramfs-extra
 	args := []string{
-		"-i", "initramfs",
+		"-i", fmt.Sprintf("initramfs-%s", b.kernVer),
 		"-k", kernFilename,
+		"-v", b.kernVer,
 		"-d", b.inDir,
 		"-o", b.outDir,
 	}
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ func (b *BootDeploy) Run() error {
 	if b.devinfo.CreateInitfsExtra {
 		args = append(args, "initramfs-extra")
 	}
+	println(fmt.Sprintf("Calling boot-deply with args: %v\n", args))
 	cmd := exec.Command("boot-deploy", args...)
 
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
@@ -99,20 +104,20 @@ func (b *BootDeploy) Run() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func getKernelPath(outDir string, zboot bool) ([]string, error) {
+func getKernelPath(outDir string, kernVer string, zboot bool) ([]string, error) {
 	var kernels []string
 	if zboot {
-		kernels, _ = filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(outDir, "linux.efi"))
+		kernels, _ = filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(outDir, fmt.Sprintf("linux-%s.efi", kernVer)))
 		if len(kernels) > 0 {
 			return kernels, nil
 		}
 		// else fallback to vmlinuz* below
 	}
 
-	kernFile := "vmlinuz*"
+	kernFile := fmt.Sprintf("vmlinuz-%s", kernVer)
 	kernels, _ = filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(outDir, kernFile))
 	if len(kernels) == 0 {
-		return nil, errors.New("Unable to find any kernels at " + filepath.Join(outDir, kernFile))
+		return nil, errors.New("Unable to find any kernels at " + filepath.Join(outDir, kernFile) + " or " + filepath.Join(outDir, fmt.Sprintf("linux-%s.efi", kernVer)))
 	}
 
 	return kernels, nil

internal/filelist/modules/modules.go

@@ -12,26 +12,22 @@ import (
 
 	"gitlab.com/postmarketOS/postmarketos-mkinitfs/internal/filelist"
 	"gitlab.com/postmarketOS/postmarketos-mkinitfs/internal/misc"
-	"gitlab.com/postmarketOS/postmarketos-mkinitfs/internal/osutil"
 )
 
 type Modules struct {
 	modulesListPath string
+	kernVer         string
 }
 
 // New returns a new Modules that will read in lists of kernel modules in the given path.
-func New(modulesListPath string) *Modules {
+func New(modulesListPath string, kernVer string) *Modules {
 	return &Modules{
 		modulesListPath: modulesListPath,
+		kernVer:         kernVer,
 	}
 }
 
 func (m *Modules) List() (*filelist.FileList, error) {
-	kernVer, err := osutil.GetKernelVersion()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	files := filelist.NewFileList()
 	libDir := "/usr/lib/modules"
 	if exists, err := misc.Exists(libDir); !exists {
@@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ func (m *Modules) List() (*filelist.FileList, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("received unexpected error when getting status for %q: %w", libDir, err)
 	}
 
-	modDir := filepath.Join(libDir, kernVer)
+	modDir := filepath.Join(libDir, m.kernVer)
 	if exists, err := misc.Exists(modDir); !exists {
 		// dir /lib/modules/<kernel> if kernel built without module support, so just print a message
 		log.Printf("-- kernel module directory not found: %q, not including modules", modDir)

internal/misc/getfiles.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package misc
 import (
 	"debug/elf"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -40,24 +39,6 @@ func getFile(file string, required bool) (files []string, err error) {
 		return RemoveDuplicates(files), nil
 	}
 
-	// If the file is a symlink we need to do this to prevent an infinite recursion
-	// loop:
-	// Symlinks need special handling to prevent infinite recursion:
-	// 1) add the symlink to the list of files
-	// 2) set file to dereferenced target
-	// 4) continue this function to either walk it if the target is a dir or add the
-	// target to the list of files
-	if s, err := os.Lstat(file); err == nil {
-		if s.Mode()&fs.ModeSymlink != 0 {
-			files = append(files, file)
-			if target, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(file); err != nil {
-				return files, err
-			} else {
-				file = target
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Check if there is a Zstd-compressed version of the file

internal/misc/getfiles_test.go

@@ -1,167 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2025 Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-package misc
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"reflect"
-	"sort"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func TestGetFile(t *testing.T) {
-	subtests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		setup    func(tmpDir string) (inputPath string, expectedFiles []string, err error)
-		required bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "symlink to directory - no infinite recursion",
-			setup: func(tmpDir string) (string, []string, error) {
-				// Create target directory with files
-				targetDir := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "target")
-				if err := os.MkdirAll(targetDir, 0755); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-
-				testFile1 := filepath.Join(targetDir, "file1.txt")
-				testFile2 := filepath.Join(targetDir, "file2.txt")
-				if err := os.WriteFile(testFile1, []byte("content1"), 0644); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-				if err := os.WriteFile(testFile2, []byte("content2"), 0644); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-
-				// Create symlink pointing to target directory
-				symlinkPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "symlink")
-				if err := os.Symlink(targetDir, symlinkPath); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-
-				expected := []string{symlinkPath, testFile1, testFile2}
-				return symlinkPath, expected, nil
-			},
-			required: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "symlink to file - returns both symlink and target",
-			setup: func(tmpDir string) (string, []string, error) {
-				// Create target file
-				targetFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "target.txt")
-				if err := os.WriteFile(targetFile, []byte("content"), 0644); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-
-				// Create symlink pointing to target file
-				symlinkPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "symlink.txt")
-				if err := os.Symlink(targetFile, symlinkPath); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-
-				expected := []string{symlinkPath, targetFile}
-				return symlinkPath, expected, nil
-			},
-			required: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "regular file",
-			setup: func(tmpDir string) (string, []string, error) {
-				regularFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "regular.txt")
-				if err := os.WriteFile(regularFile, []byte("content"), 0644); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-
-				expected := []string{regularFile}
-				return regularFile, expected, nil
-			},
-			required: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "regular directory",
-			setup: func(tmpDir string) (string, []string, error) {
-				// Create directory with files
-				dirPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "testdir")
-				if err := os.MkdirAll(dirPath, 0755); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-
-				file1 := filepath.Join(dirPath, "file1.txt")
-				file2 := filepath.Join(dirPath, "subdir", "file2.txt")
-
-				if err := os.WriteFile(file1, []byte("content1"), 0644); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-				if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(file2), 0755); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-				if err := os.WriteFile(file2, []byte("content2"), 0644); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-
-				expected := []string{file1, file2}
-				return dirPath, expected, nil
-			},
-			required: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "zst compressed file fallback",
-			setup: func(tmpDir string) (string, []string, error) {
-				// Create a .zst file but NOT the original file
-				zstFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "firmware.bin.zst")
-				if err := os.WriteFile(zstFile, []byte("compressed content"), 0644); err != nil {
-					return "", nil, err
-				}
-
-				// Request the original file (without .zst extension)
-				originalFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "firmware.bin")
-
-				// Expected: should find and return the .zst version
-				expected := []string{zstFile}
-				return originalFile, expected, nil
-			},
-			required: true,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, st := range subtests {
-		t.Run(st.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-
-			inputPath, expectedFiles, err := st.setup(tmpDir)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("setup failed: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			// Add timeout protection for infinite recursion test
-			done := make(chan struct{})
-			var files []string
-			var getFileErr error
-
-			go func() {
-				defer close(done)
-				files, getFileErr = getFile(inputPath, st.required)
-			}()
-
-			select {
-			case <-done:
-				if getFileErr != nil {
-					t.Fatalf("getFile failed: %v", getFileErr)
-				}
-			case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
-				t.Fatal("getFile appears to be in infinite recursion (timeout)")
-			}
-
-			// Sort for comparison
-			sort.Strings(expectedFiles)
-			sort.Strings(files)
-
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedFiles, files) {
-				t.Fatalf("expected: %q, got: %q", expectedFiles, files)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}