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1/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
2/*
3 * pivot_root.c - Change root file system. Based on util-linux 2.10s
4 *
5 * busyboxed by Evin Robertson
6 * pivot_root syscall stubbed by Erik Andersen, so it will compile
7 * regardless of the kernel being used.
8 *
9 * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
10 */
11//config:config PIVOT_ROOT
12//config: bool "pivot_root"
13//config: default y
14//config: select PLATFORM_LINUX
15//config: help
16//config: The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem
17//config: with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
18//config: of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more
19//config: powerful than 'chroot'.
20//config:
21//config: Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4. Under initramfs (introduced
22//config: in linux 2.6) use switch_root instead.
23
24//applet:IF_PIVOT_ROOT(APPLET(pivot_root, BB_DIR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
25
26//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT) += pivot_root.o
27
28//usage:#define pivot_root_trivial_usage
29//usage: "NEW_ROOT PUT_OLD"
30//usage:#define pivot_root_full_usage "\n\n"
31//usage: "Move the current root file system to PUT_OLD and make NEW_ROOT\n"
32//usage: "the new root file system"
33
34#include "libbb.h"
35
36extern int pivot_root(const char * new_root,const char * put_old);
37
38int pivot_root_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
39int pivot_root_main(int argc, char **argv)
40{
41 if (argc != 3)
42 bb_show_usage();
43
44 if (pivot_root(argv[1], argv[2]) < 0) {
45 /* prints "pivot_root: <strerror text>" */
46 bb_perror_nomsg_and_die();
47 }
48
49 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
50}
51