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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt35
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/ipconfig.c118
2 files changed, 136 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
index a1030bea60d3..d2963123eb1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
Updated 2006 by Horms <horms@verge.net.au>
+Updated 2018 by Chris Novakovic <chris@chrisn.me.uk>
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>]
ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
- <dns0-ip>:<dns1-ip>
+ <dns0-ip>:<dns1-ip>:<ntp0-ip>
This parameter tells the kernel how to configure IP addresses of devices
and also how to set up the IP routing table. It was originally called
@@ -178,9 +179,18 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
<dns1-ip> IP address of secondary nameserver.
See <dns0-ip>.
- After configuration (whether manual or automatic) is complete, a file is
- created at /proc/net/pnp in the following format; lines are omitted if
- their respective value is empty following configuration.
+ <ntp0-ip> IP address of a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.
+ Value is exported to /proc/net/ipconfig/ntp_servers, but is
+ otherwise unused (see below).
+
+ Default: None if not using autoconfiguration; determined
+ automatically if using autoconfiguration.
+
+ After configuration (whether manual or automatic) is complete, two files
+ are created in the following format; lines are omitted if their respective
+ value is empty following configuration:
+
+ - /proc/net/pnp:
#PROTO: <DHCP|BOOTP|RARP|MANUAL> (depending on configuration method)
domain <dns-domain> (if autoconfigured, the DNS domain)
@@ -189,13 +199,26 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
nameserver <dns2-ip> (tertiary name server IP)
bootserver <server-ip> (NFS server IP)
- <dns-domain> and <dns2-ip> are requested during autoconfiguration; they
- cannot be specified as part of the "ip=" kernel command line parameter.
+ - /proc/net/ipconfig/ntp_servers:
+
+ <ntp0-ip> (NTP server IP)
+ <ntp1-ip> (NTP server IP)
+ <ntp2-ip> (NTP server IP)
+
+ <dns-domain> and <dns2-ip> (in /proc/net/pnp) and <ntp1-ip> and <ntp2-ip>
+ (in /proc/net/ipconfig/ntp_servers) are requested during autoconfiguration;
+ they cannot be specified as part of the "ip=" kernel command line parameter.
Because the "domain" and "nameserver" options are recognised by DNS
resolvers, /etc/resolv.conf is often linked to /proc/net/pnp on systems
that use an NFS root filesystem.
+ Note that the kernel will not synchronise the system time with any NTP
+ servers it discovers; this is the responsibility of a user space process
+ (e.g. an initrd/initramfs script that passes the IP addresses listed in
+ /proc/net/ipconfig/ntp_servers to an NTP client before mounting the real
+ root filesystem if it is on NFS).
+
nfsrootdebug
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 9abf833f3a99..d839d74853fc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
*
* Multiple Nameservers in /proc/net/pnp
* -- Josef Siemes <jsiemes@web.de>, Aug 2002
+ *
+ * NTP servers in /proc/net/ipconfig/ntp_servers
+ * -- Chris Novakovic <chris@chrisn.me.uk>, April 2018
*/
#include <linux/types.h>
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@
#define CONF_TIMEOUT_MAX (HZ*30) /* Maximum allowed timeout */
#define CONF_NAMESERVERS_MAX 3 /* Maximum number of nameservers
- '3' from resolv.h */
+#define CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX 3 /* Maximum number of NTP servers */
#define NONE cpu_to_be32(INADDR_NONE)
#define ANY cpu_to_be32(INADDR_ANY)
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ static int ic_proto_used; /* Protocol used, if any */
#define ic_proto_used 0
#endif
static __be32 ic_nameservers[CONF_NAMESERVERS_MAX]; /* DNS Server IP addresses */
+static __be32 ic_ntp_servers[CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX]; /* NTP server IP addresses */
static u8 ic_domain[64]; /* DNS (not NIS) domain name */
/*
@@ -579,6 +584,15 @@ static inline void __init ic_nameservers_predef(void)
ic_nameservers[i] = NONE;
}
+/* Predefine NTP servers */
+static inline void __init ic_ntp_servers_predef(void)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX; i++)
+ ic_ntp_servers[i] = NONE;
+}
+
/*
* DHCP/BOOTP support.
*/
@@ -674,6 +688,7 @@ ic_dhcp_init_options(u8 *options, struct ic_device *d)
17, /* Boot path */
26, /* MTU */
40, /* NIS domain name */
+ 42, /* NTP servers */
};
*e++ = 55; /* Parameter request list */
@@ -753,12 +768,13 @@ static void __init ic_bootp_init_ext(u8 *e)
*/
static inline void __init ic_bootp_init(void)
{
- /* Re-initialise all name servers to NONE, in case any were set via the
- * "ip=" or "nfsaddrs=" kernel command line parameters: any IP addresses
- * specified there will already have been decoded but are no longer
- * needed
+ /* Re-initialise all name servers and NTP servers to NONE, in case any
+ * were set via the "ip=" or "nfsaddrs=" kernel command line parameters:
+ * any IP addresses specified there will already have been decoded but
+ * are no longer needed
*/
ic_nameservers_predef();
+ ic_ntp_servers_predef();
dev_add_pack(&bootp_packet_type);
}
@@ -922,6 +938,15 @@ static void __init ic_do_bootp_ext(u8 *ext)
ic_bootp_string(utsname()->domainname, ext+1, *ext,
__NEW_UTS_LEN);
break;
+ case 42: /* NTP servers */
+ servers = *ext / 4;
+ if (servers > CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX)
+ servers = CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX;
+ for (i = 0; i < servers; i++) {
+ if (ic_ntp_servers[i] == NONE)
+ memcpy(&ic_ntp_servers[i], ext+1+4*i, 4);
+ }
+ break;
}
}
@@ -1268,6 +1293,7 @@ static int __init ic_dynamic(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+/* Name servers: */
static int pnp_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
{
int i;
@@ -1306,7 +1332,7 @@ static const struct file_operations pnp_seq_fops = {
};
/* Create the /proc/net/ipconfig directory */
-static int ipconfig_proc_net_init(void)
+static int __init ipconfig_proc_net_init(void)
{
ipconfig_dir = proc_net_mkdir(&init_net, "ipconfig", init_net.proc_net);
if (!ipconfig_dir)
@@ -1314,6 +1340,52 @@ static int ipconfig_proc_net_init(void)
return 0;
}
+
+/* Create a new file under /proc/net/ipconfig */
+static int ipconfig_proc_net_create(const char *name,
+ const struct file_operations *fops)
+{
+ char *pname;
+ struct proc_dir_entry *p;
+
+ if (!ipconfig_dir)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ pname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s", "ipconfig/", name);
+ if (!pname)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ p = proc_create(pname, 0444, init_net.proc_net, fops);
+ kfree(pname);
+ if (!p)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Write NTP server IP addresses to /proc/net/ipconfig/ntp_servers */
+static int ntp_servers_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX; i++) {
+ if (ic_ntp_servers[i] != NONE)
+ seq_printf(seq, "%pI4\n", &ic_ntp_servers[i]);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int ntp_servers_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ return single_open(file, ntp_servers_seq_show, NULL);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations ntp_servers_seq_fops = {
+ .open = ntp_servers_seq_open,
+ .read = seq_read,
+ .llseek = seq_lseek,
+ .release = single_release,
+};
#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
/*
@@ -1388,17 +1460,20 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
int err;
unsigned int i;
- /* Initialise all name servers to NONE (but only if the "ip=" or
- * "nfsaddrs=" kernel command line parameters weren't decoded, otherwise
- * we'll overwrite the IP addresses specified there)
+ /* Initialise all name servers and NTP servers to NONE (but only if the
+ * "ip=" or "nfsaddrs=" kernel command line parameters weren't decoded,
+ * otherwise we'll overwrite the IP addresses specified there)
*/
- if (ic_set_manually == 0)
+ if (ic_set_manually == 0) {
ic_nameservers_predef();
+ ic_ntp_servers_predef();
+ }
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
proc_create("pnp", 0444, init_net.proc_net, &pnp_seq_fops);
- ipconfig_proc_net_init();
+ if (ipconfig_proc_net_init() == 0)
+ ipconfig_proc_net_create("ntp_servers", &ntp_servers_seq_fops);
#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
if (!ic_enable)
@@ -1523,6 +1598,19 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
if (i + 1 == CONF_NAMESERVERS_MAX)
pr_cont("\n");
}
+ /* NTP servers (if any): */
+ for (i = 0; i < CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX; i++) {
+ if (ic_ntp_servers[i] != NONE) {
+ if (i == 0)
+ pr_info(" ntpserver%u=%pI4",
+ i, &ic_ntp_servers[i]);
+ else
+ pr_cont(", ntpserver%u=%pI4",
+ i, &ic_ntp_servers[i]);
+ }
+ if (i + 1 == CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX)
+ pr_cont("\n");
+ }
#endif /* !SILENT */
/*
@@ -1620,8 +1708,9 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config_setup(char *addrs)
return 1;
}
- /* Initialise all name servers to NONE */
+ /* Initialise all name servers and NTP servers to NONE */
ic_nameservers_predef();
+ ic_ntp_servers_predef();
/* Parse string for static IP assignment. */
ip = addrs;
@@ -1680,6 +1769,13 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config_setup(char *addrs)
ic_nameservers[1] = NONE;
}
break;
+ case 9:
+ if (CONF_NTP_SERVERS_MAX >= 1) {
+ ic_ntp_servers[0] = in_aton(ip);
+ if (ic_ntp_servers[0] == ANY)
+ ic_ntp_servers[0] = NONE;
+ }
+ break;
}
}
ip = cp;