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Diffstat (limited to 'init/main.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/main.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c index 42199b6c6008..66dd87f4663d 100644 --- a/init/main.c +++ b/init/main.c @@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused) static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void) { + struct kstat console_stat; /* * Wait until kthreadd is all set-up. */ @@ -1135,6 +1136,12 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void) do_basic_setup(); + /* Use /dev/console to infer if the rootfs is setup properly */ + if (vfs_lstat((char __user *) "/dev/console", (struct kstat __user *) &console_stat) + || !S_ISCHR(console_stat.mode)) { + panic("/dev/console is missing or not a character device!\nPlease ensure your rootfs is properly configured\n"); + } + /* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */ if (ksys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0) pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n"); |