[PATCH v2] boot: android: fix booting without a ramdisk

android_image_get_ramdisk() will return an error if there is no ramdisk. Using the android image without a ramdisk worked until commit 1ce8e10f3b4b ("image: Fix up ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE ramdisk code") because the return code wasn't checked until then. Return -ENOENT in case there is no ramdisk and translate that into -ENOPKG in the calling code, which will then indicate "no ramdisk" to its caller (boot_get_ramdisk()).
This way, we can get rid of the "*rd_data = *rd_len = 0;" in the error path, too.
With this, I'm able to boot a linux kernel using fastboot again:
fastboot --base 0x41000000 --header-version 2 --dtb /path/to/dtb \ --cmdline "root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait" boot path/to/Image
Signed-off-by: Michael Walle mwalle@kernel.org --- boot/image-android.c | 7 +++---- boot/image-board.c | 4 +++- include/image.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/boot/image-android.c b/boot/image-android.c index 09c7a44e058..774565fd1fe 100644 --- a/boot/image-android.c +++ b/boot/image-android.c @@ -393,10 +393,9 @@ int android_image_get_ramdisk(const void *hdr, const void *vendor_boot_img, if (!android_image_get_data(hdr, vendor_boot_img, &img_data)) return -EINVAL;
- if (!img_data.ramdisk_size) { - *rd_data = *rd_len = 0; - return -1; - } + if (!img_data.ramdisk_size) + return -ENOENT; + if (img_data.header_version > 2) { ramdisk_ptr = img_data.ramdisk_addr; memcpy((void *)(ramdisk_ptr), (void *)img_data.vendor_ramdisk_ptr, diff --git a/boot/image-board.c b/boot/image-board.c index f2124013046..eca1b1d2bff 100644 --- a/boot/image-board.c +++ b/boot/image-board.c @@ -427,7 +427,9 @@ static int select_ramdisk(struct bootm_headers *images, const char *select, u8 a unmap_sysmem(ptr); }
- if (ret) + if (ret == -ENOENT) + return -ENOPKG; + else if (ret) return ret; done = true; } diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h index dd4042d1bd9..2ab17075287 100644 --- a/include/image.h +++ b/include/image.h @@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ int android_image_get_kernel(const void *hdr, * @vendor_boot_img : Pointer to vendor boot image header * @rd_data: Pointer to a ulong variable, will hold ramdisk address * @rd_len: Pointer to a ulong variable, will hold ramdisk length - * Return: 0 if succeeded, -1 if ramdisk size is 0 + * Return: 0 if OK, -ENOPKG if no ramdisk, -EINVAL if invalid image */ int android_image_get_ramdisk(const void *hdr, const void *vendor_boot_img, ulong *rd_data, ulong *rd_len);

Hi Michael,
Thank you for the patch.
On lun., juil. 29, 2024 at 23:36, Michael Walle mwalle@kernel.org wrote:
android_image_get_ramdisk() will return an error if there is no ramdisk. Using the android image without a ramdisk worked until commit 1ce8e10f3b4b ("image: Fix up ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE ramdisk code") because the return code wasn't checked until then. Return -ENOENT in case there is no ramdisk and translate that into -ENOPKG in the calling code, which will then indicate "no ramdisk" to its caller (boot_get_ramdisk()).
This way, we can get rid of the "*rd_data = *rd_len = 0;" in the error path, too.
With this, I'm able to boot a linux kernel using fastboot again:
fastboot --base 0x41000000 --header-version 2 --dtb /path/to/dtb \ --cmdline "root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait" boot path/to/Image
Signed-off-by: Michael Walle mwalle@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek mkorpershoek@baylibre.com
boot/image-android.c | 7 +++---- boot/image-board.c | 4 +++- include/image.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/boot/image-android.c b/boot/image-android.c index 09c7a44e058..774565fd1fe 100644 --- a/boot/image-android.c +++ b/boot/image-android.c @@ -393,10 +393,9 @@ int android_image_get_ramdisk(const void *hdr, const void *vendor_boot_img, if (!android_image_get_data(hdr, vendor_boot_img, &img_data)) return -EINVAL;
- if (!img_data.ramdisk_size) {
*rd_data = *rd_len = 0;
return -1;
- }
- if (!img_data.ramdisk_size)
return -ENOENT;
- if (img_data.header_version > 2) { ramdisk_ptr = img_data.ramdisk_addr; memcpy((void *)(ramdisk_ptr), (void *)img_data.vendor_ramdisk_ptr,
diff --git a/boot/image-board.c b/boot/image-board.c index f2124013046..eca1b1d2bff 100644 --- a/boot/image-board.c +++ b/boot/image-board.c @@ -427,7 +427,9 @@ static int select_ramdisk(struct bootm_headers *images, const char *select, u8 a unmap_sysmem(ptr); }
if (ret)
if (ret == -ENOENT)
return -ENOPKG;
}else if (ret) return ret; done = true;
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h index dd4042d1bd9..2ab17075287 100644 --- a/include/image.h +++ b/include/image.h @@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ int android_image_get_kernel(const void *hdr,
- @vendor_boot_img : Pointer to vendor boot image header
- @rd_data: Pointer to a ulong variable, will hold ramdisk address
- @rd_len: Pointer to a ulong variable, will hold ramdisk length
- Return: 0 if succeeded, -1 if ramdisk size is 0
*/
- Return: 0 if OK, -ENOPKG if no ramdisk, -EINVAL if invalid image
int android_image_get_ramdisk(const void *hdr, const void *vendor_boot_img, ulong *rd_data, ulong *rd_len); -- 2.39.2

On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 at 02:51, Mattijs Korpershoek mkorpershoek@baylibre.com wrote:
Hi Michael,
Thank you for the patch.
On lun., juil. 29, 2024 at 23:36, Michael Walle mwalle@kernel.org wrote:
android_image_get_ramdisk() will return an error if there is no ramdisk. Using the android image without a ramdisk worked until commit 1ce8e10f3b4b ("image: Fix up ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE ramdisk code") because the return code wasn't checked until then. Return -ENOENT in case there is no ramdisk and translate that into -ENOPKG in the calling code, which will then indicate "no ramdisk" to its caller (boot_get_ramdisk()).
This way, we can get rid of the "*rd_data = *rd_len = 0;" in the error path, too.
With this, I'm able to boot a linux kernel using fastboot again:
fastboot --base 0x41000000 --header-version 2 --dtb /path/to/dtb \ --cmdline "root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait" boot path/to/Image
Signed-off-by: Michael Walle mwalle@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek mkorpershoek@baylibre.com
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
But see below
boot/image-android.c | 7 +++---- boot/image-board.c | 4 +++- include/image.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/boot/image-android.c b/boot/image-android.c index 09c7a44e058..774565fd1fe 100644 --- a/boot/image-android.c +++ b/boot/image-android.c @@ -393,10 +393,9 @@ int android_image_get_ramdisk(const void *hdr, const void *vendor_boot_img, if (!android_image_get_data(hdr, vendor_boot_img, &img_data)) return -EINVAL;
if (!img_data.ramdisk_size) {
*rd_data = *rd_len = 0;
return -1;
}
if (!img_data.ramdisk_size)
return -ENOENT;
if (img_data.header_version > 2) { ramdisk_ptr = img_data.ramdisk_addr; memcpy((void *)(ramdisk_ptr), (void *)img_data.vendor_ramdisk_ptr,
diff --git a/boot/image-board.c b/boot/image-board.c index f2124013046..eca1b1d2bff 100644 --- a/boot/image-board.c +++ b/boot/image-board.c @@ -427,7 +427,9 @@ static int select_ramdisk(struct bootm_headers *images, const char *select, u8 a unmap_sysmem(ptr); }
if (ret)
if (ret == -ENOENT)
return -ENOPKG;
We normally use -ENOENT for this sort of thing.
else if (ret) return ret; done = true; }
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h index dd4042d1bd9..2ab17075287 100644 --- a/include/image.h +++ b/include/image.h @@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ int android_image_get_kernel(const void *hdr,
- @vendor_boot_img : Pointer to vendor boot image header
- @rd_data: Pointer to a ulong variable, will hold ramdisk address
- @rd_len: Pointer to a ulong variable, will hold ramdisk length
- Return: 0 if succeeded, -1 if ramdisk size is 0
*/
- Return: 0 if OK, -ENOPKG if no ramdisk, -EINVAL if invalid image
int android_image_get_ramdisk(const void *hdr, const void *vendor_boot_img, ulong *rd_data, ulong *rd_len); -- 2.39.2
Regards, Simon

Hi Michael,
On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 at 09:33, Michael Walle mwalle@kernel.org wrote:
Hi,
if (ret)
if (ret == -ENOENT)
return -ENOPKG;
We normally use -ENOENT for this sort of thing.
That's the way select_ramdisk() is documented. It was actually introduced by yourself in commit e4c928792e93 ("image: Split up boot_get_ramdisk()") :)
Hmm, OK. Perhaps I was worried about conflicting with a file-not-found error in bootstd. Anyway, let's stick with ENOPKG.
Regards, Simon

Hi,
On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:36:57 +0200, Michael Walle wrote:
android_image_get_ramdisk() will return an error if there is no ramdisk. Using the android image without a ramdisk worked until commit 1ce8e10f3b4b ("image: Fix up ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE ramdisk code") because the return code wasn't checked until then. Return -ENOENT in case there is no ramdisk and translate that into -ENOPKG in the calling code, which will then indicate "no ramdisk" to its caller (boot_get_ramdisk()).
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