The initramfs generation is broken for file and directory names which contain colons, spaces and other unusual characters. Print an error and don't try to continue. Some tests: cd linux make defconfig echo 'CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y' >> .config echo 'CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID=0' >>.config echo 'CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID=0' >>.config echo 'CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE=y' >>.config echo 'CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/tmp/bugroot"' >>.config Problem with colons: mkdir -p /tmp/bugroot/a:b make -j4 bzImage # no error make bzImage # try again, oops Problem with spaces: mkdir -p /tmp/bugroot/a\ b make -j4 bzImage # no error zcat usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz | cpio --extract --list # oops, no content Signed-off-by: Alexander Holler <holler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2, v3: check for \n, \r and \t too, updated error msg. scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh index 17fa901..2c613e7 100644 --- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh +++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh @@ -171,6 +171,19 @@ dir_filelist() { ${dep_list}header "$1" srcdir=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's://*:/:g') + + # Files and directories with spaces and colons are unsupported. + local unsupported=$(find "${srcdir}" -regex '.*\(:\| \|\n\|\r\|\t\).*') + if [ ! -z "${unsupported}" ]; then + printf "ERROR: Unable to handle files/directories with " >&2 + printf "unsupported characters (spaces, :, \\\n, \\\r, " >&2 + printf "\\\t).\n Please use other ways to generate a " >&2 + printf "cpio-archive with such names.\n" >&2 + printf "Unsupported files and directories are:\n" >&2 + printf "$unsupported\n" >&2 + exit 1 + fi + dirlist=$(find "${srcdir}" -printf "%p %m %U %G\n") # If $dirlist is only one line, then the directory is empty -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html