starting 'kexec -l /dev/mmcblk0p1' fails since the size of
a block device can not be determined with stat
Signed-off-by: Andreas Fenkart <andreas.fenkart at dev.digitalstrom.org>
---
kexec/kexec.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kexec/kexec.c b/kexec/kexec.c
index ff024f3..8b8846e 100644
--- a/kexec/kexec.c
+++ b/kexec/kexec.c
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <limits.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/reboot.h>
@@ -554,6 +556,14 @@ char *slurp_file(const char *filename, off_t *r_size)
die("Can not seek to the begin of file %s: %s\n",
filename, strerror(errno));
buf = slurp_fd(fd, filename, size, &nread);
+ } else if (S_ISBLK(stats.st_mode)) {
+ /* taken from blockdev */
+ unsigned long long llu = -1;
+ err = ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &llu);
+ if (err < 0)
+ die("Can't retrieve size of block device %s: %s\n",
+ filename, strerror(errno));
+ size = llu;
} else {
size = nread = stats.st_size;
buf = mmap(NULL, size,
--
2.5.1
