Hello Markus, (Adding the list back to Cc) On 14.04.23 12:49, Burri Markus LabTec wrote: > Hello Ahmad > > Here is example script: > > #!/bin/sh > bootchooser -n > #Execute all hook scripts found on active target > HOOKDIR="/mnt/${nv.bootchooser.active_boot}/boot/barebox-hooks" > cd ${HOOKDIR} > for HOOK in *; do > echo "run barebox-hook: \'${HOOK}\'" > . ${HOOKDIR}/${HOOK} > done > cd / I assume this is an init script? This script will execute the hooks of the old rootfs once before booting the new rootfs. This doesn't sound like a good idea. Fundamentally, the barebox environment is not power-fail safe, that's why bootchooser is using barebox-state. So writing nv variables without user interaction is not ok. Did you know that you can have scripts as bootchooser targets? Instead of e.g. bootchooser.system0.boot=mmc0.1, you can add /env/boot/system0 and then do whatever you want there before calling boot mmc0. Would that suffice? Cheers, Ahmad > -----Original Message----- > From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Freitag, 14. April 2023 11:49 > To: Burri Markus LabTec <Markus.Burri@xxxxxx>; barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: EXTERNAL - [PATCH v1] Add bootchooser command option for active boot target > > Hello Markus, > > On 14.04.23 11:40, Markus Burri wrote: >> Add bootchooser command option to extract and save the active target. >> The information about active target are stored into two variables >> (bootchooser.active_target and bootchooser.active_boot) This >> information may be used into scripts to do actions related to the >> active target before starting it. > > Can you share an example script that depends on your new bootchooser -n feature to aid review? > >> >> Signed-off-by: Markus Burri <markus.burri@xxxxxx> >> >> Gbp-Pq: Name 0058-Add-command-for-next-boot-target.patch >> --- >> Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst | 6 ++++++ >> commands/bootchooser.c | 12 +++++++++++- >> common/bootchooser.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ >> include/bootchooser.h | 1 + >> 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst >> b/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst >> index 8456e11..68ec1b6 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst >> +++ b/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst >> @@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ options not specific to any boot target. >> set of ``global.bootchooser.<targetname>.<variablename>`` variables must exist. >> ``global.bootchooser.last_chosen`` >> *bootchooser* sets this to the boot target that was chosen on last boot (index). >> +``global.bootchooser.active_target`` >> + Set to the active boot target that will boot next. >> + Call *bootchooser -n* to update the value. >> +``global.bootchooser.active_boot`` >> + Set to the boot device of the active target that will boot next. >> + Call *bootchooser -n* to update the value. >> >> .. _bootchooser,setup_example: >> >> diff --git a/commands/bootchooser.c b/commands/bootchooser.c index >> ac763a6..20bd2d6 100644 >> --- a/commands/bootchooser.c >> +++ b/commands/bootchooser.c >> @@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ static int do_bootchooser(int argc, char *argv[]) >> int info = 0; >> bool done_something = false; >> bool last_boot_successful = false; >> + bool active_boot_target = false; >> >> - while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "a:p:is")) > 0) { >> + while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "a:p:ins")) > 0) { >> switch (opt) { >> case 'a': >> if (!strcmp(optarg, "default")) >> @@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ static int do_bootchooser(int argc, char *argv[]) >> case 'i': >> info = 1; >> break; >> + case 'n': >> + active_boot_target = true; >> + break; >> case 's': >> last_boot_successful = true; >> break; >> @@ -120,6 +124,11 @@ static int do_bootchooser(int argc, char *argv[]) >> done_something = true; >> } >> >> + if (active_boot_target) { >> + bootchooser_active_target(bootchooser); >> + done_something = true; >> + } >> + >> if (!done_something) { >> printf("Nothing to do\n"); >> ret = COMMAND_ERROR_USAGE; >> @@ -137,6 +146,7 @@ BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Options:") >> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-a <n|default> [TARGETS]", "set remaining >> attempts of given targets to 'n' or the default attempts") >> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-p <n|default> [TARGETS]", "set priority of >> given targets to 'n' or the default priority") BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT >> ("-i", "Show information about the bootchooser") >> +BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-n", "Save active boot target to >> +bootchooser.active_target and active boot device to >> +bootchooser.active_boot") >> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-s", "Mark the last boot successful") >> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END >> >> diff --git a/common/bootchooser.c b/common/bootchooser.c index >> c08db03..1ec29e6 100644 >> --- a/common/bootchooser.c >> +++ b/common/bootchooser.c >> @@ -619,6 +619,27 @@ void bootchooser_info(struct bootchooser *bc) >> bc->last_chosen->name : "unknown"); } >> >> +/** >> + * bootchooser_active_target - Save information about active boot >> +target >> + * @bc: The bootchooser >> + */ >> +void bootchooser_active_target(struct bootchooser *bc) { >> + struct bootchooser_target *target; >> + >> + list_for_each_entry(target, &bc->targets, list) { >> + if (bootchooser_target_ok(target, NULL)) { >> + if (bc->verbose) { >> + pr_info("bootchooser.active_target=%s\n", target->name); >> + pr_info("bootchooser.active_boot=%s\n", target->boot); >> + } >> + nvvar_add("bootchooser.active_target", target->name); >> + nvvar_add("bootchooser.active_boot", target->boot); >> + return; >> + } >> + } >> +} >> + >> /** >> * bootchooser_get_target - get the target that shall be booted next >> * @bc: The bootchooser >> diff --git a/include/bootchooser.h b/include/bootchooser.h index >> 7822c01..9825593 100644 >> --- a/include/bootchooser.h >> +++ b/include/bootchooser.h >> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ int bootchooser_save(struct bootchooser >> *bootchooser); int bootchooser_put(struct bootchooser *bootchooser); >> >> void bootchooser_info(struct bootchooser *bootchooser); >> +void bootchooser_active_target(struct bootchooser *bc); >> >> int bootchooser_boot(struct bootchooser *bc); >> > -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |