[PATCH v3 3/5] boot: android: Add bootconfig support

Guillaume La Roque glaroque at baylibre.com
Mon Nov 24 11:14:11 CET 2025


Hi Simon,

thanks for review.

Le 19/11/2025 à 14:17, Simon Glass a écrit :
> Hi Guillaume,
>
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 at 08:28, Guillaume La Roque (TI.com)
> <glaroque at baylibre.com> wrote:
>> For android vendor boot image version 4 bootconfig is mandatory.[1]
>>
>> In the android_image_get_ramdisk function, after copying both vendor and
>> boot ramdisks, we extract all androidboot.* entries from the kernel
>> command line. These entries are added to the bootconfig section.
>> We then update the sizes of the ramdisk and bootconfig.
>> Finally, all androidboot.* entries are removed from the kernel command
>> line.
>>
>> [1] https://source.android.com/docs/core/architecture/partitions/vendor-boot-partitions#bootloader-support
>> Signed-off-by: Guillaume La Roque (TI.com) <glaroque at baylibre.com>
>> ---
>>   boot/image-android.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>   1 file changed, 109 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>
>> diff --git a/boot/image-android.c b/boot/image-android.c
>> index 613f2aa4b9e..94c2879dcd6 100644
>> --- a/boot/image-android.c
>> +++ b/boot/image-android.c
>> @@ -503,6 +503,112 @@ ulong android_image_get_kcomp(const void *hdr,
>>                  return image_decomp_type(p, sizeof(u32));
>>   }
>>
>> +static u32 android_image_set_bootconfig(const void *hdr,
>> +                                       const void *vendor_boot_img,
>> +                                       ulong ramdisk_ptr)
> This could use a comment.
>
> Also, ramdisk_ptr is a strange name for an address as it sounds like
> it is a pointer. Perhaps use ramdisk_addr ?
i will do
>
>> +{
>> +       /* Extract androidboot.* parameters from bootargs */
>> +       const char *bootargs = env_get("bootargs");
>> +       char *androidboot_params = NULL;
>> +       char *new_bootargs = NULL;
>> +       size_t androidboot_params_len = 0;
> As a general comment, some of the args are quite long and this makes
> the code harder to read. For example this could be params_len, since
> we know this is Android Boot.
agree with you
>
>> +       struct andr_image_data img_data;
>> +       u32 bytes_added = 0;
>> +
>> +       if (!android_image_get_data(hdr, vendor_boot_img, &img_data))
>> +               return 0;
>> +
>> +       if (bootargs && img_data.bootconfig_size) {
>> +               size_t len = strlen(bootargs);
>> +
>> +               androidboot_params = malloc(len + 1);
>> +               new_bootargs = malloc(len + 1);
>> +               if (!androidboot_params || !new_bootargs) {
>> +                       free(androidboot_params);
>> +                       free(new_bootargs);
>> +                       printf("Error: malloc failed\n");
>> +                       return -ENOMEM;
>> +               }
>> +
>> +               /* Extract androidboot.* and build new bootargs in one pass */
>> +               const char *src = bootargs;
>> +               char *bc_dst = androidboot_params;
>> +               char *args_dst = new_bootargs;
>> +
>> +               while (*src) {
>> +                       /* Skip leading spaces */
>> +                       while (*src == ' ')
>> +                               src++;
>> +                       if (!*src)
>> +                               break;
>> +
>> +                       /* Check if this param starts with androidboot. */
>> +                       if (strncmp(src, "androidboot.", 12) == 0) {
>> +                               /* Copy to bootconfig (add newline if not first) */
>> +                               if (bc_dst != androidboot_params)
>> +                                       *bc_dst++ = '\n';
>> +                               while (*src && *src != ' ')
>> +                                       *bc_dst++ = *src++;
>> +                       } else {
>> +                               /* Copy to new bootargs (add space if not first) */
>> +                               if (args_dst != new_bootargs)
>> +                                       *args_dst++ = ' ';
>> +                               while (*src && *src != ' ')
>> +                                       *args_dst++ = *src++;
>> +                       }
>> +               }
>> +
>> +               *bc_dst++ = '\n'; /* Final newline for bootconfig */
>> +               *bc_dst = '\0';
>> +               *args_dst = '\0';
>> +               androidboot_params_len = bc_dst - androidboot_params;
>> +
>> +               /* Update bootargs if we extracted any androidboot params */
>> +               if (androidboot_params_len > 1)
>> +                       env_set("bootargs", new_bootargs);
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       /* Map addresses for memcpy operations */
>> +       void *ramdisk_dest = map_sysmem(ramdisk_ptr, img_data.ramdisk_size);
>> +       void *vendor_ramdisk_src =
>> +               map_sysmem(img_data.vendor_ramdisk_ptr, img_data.vendor_ramdisk_size);
>> +       void *boot_ramdisk_src =
>> +               map_sysmem(img_data.ramdisk_ptr, img_data.boot_ramdisk_size);
> We tend to declare things at the top of the function. You could split
> the function if you like.
i will create a sub function for copying data.
>
>> +
>> +       memcpy(ramdisk_dest, vendor_ramdisk_src, img_data.vendor_ramdisk_size);
>> +       memcpy((char *)ramdisk_dest + img_data.vendor_ramdisk_size, boot_ramdisk_src,
>> +              img_data.boot_ramdisk_size);
>> +
>> +       if (img_data.bootconfig_size) {
>> +               void *bootconfig_src =
>> +                       map_sysmem(img_data.bootconfig_addr, img_data.bootconfig_size);
>> +               memcpy((char *)ramdisk_dest + img_data.vendor_ramdisk_size +
>> +                       img_data.boot_ramdisk_size,
>> +               bootconfig_src, img_data.bootconfig_size);
>> +               unmap_sysmem(bootconfig_src);
>> +
>> +               /* Add androidboot.* parameters to bootconfig */
>> +               if (androidboot_params && androidboot_params_len > 1) {
>> +                       ulong bootconfig_ptr = (ulong)ramdisk_dest +
>> +                                       img_data.vendor_ramdisk_size +
>> +                                       img_data.boot_ramdisk_size;
>> +                       bytes_added =
>> +                               add_bootconfig_parameters(androidboot_params,
>> +                                                         androidboot_params_len,
>> +                                                         bootconfig_ptr,
>> +                                                         img_data.bootconfig_size);
>> +               }
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       free(androidboot_params);
>> +       free(new_bootargs);
>> +
>> +       unmap_sysmem(boot_ramdisk_src);
>> +       unmap_sysmem(vendor_ramdisk_src);
>> +       unmap_sysmem(ramdisk_dest);
>> +       return bytes_added;
>> +}
>> +
>>   int android_image_get_ramdisk(const void *hdr, const void *vendor_boot_img,
>>                                ulong *rd_data, ulong *rd_len)
>>   {
>> @@ -534,17 +640,9 @@ int android_image_get_ramdisk(const void *hdr, const void *vendor_boot_img,
>>                          ramdisk_ptr = img_data.ramdisk_addr;
>>                  }
>>                  *rd_data = ramdisk_ptr;
>> -               memcpy((void *)(ramdisk_ptr), (void *)img_data.vendor_ramdisk_ptr,
>> -                      img_data.vendor_ramdisk_size);
>> -               ramdisk_ptr += img_data.vendor_ramdisk_size;
>> -               memcpy((void *)(ramdisk_ptr), (void *)img_data.ramdisk_ptr,
>> -                      img_data.boot_ramdisk_size);
>> -               ramdisk_ptr += img_data.boot_ramdisk_size;
>> -               if (img_data.bootconfig_size) {
>> -                       memcpy((void *)
>> -                              (ramdisk_ptr), (void *)img_data.bootconfig_addr,
>> -                              img_data.bootconfig_size);
>> -               }
>> +               if (img_data.header_version > 3)
>> +                       img_data.ramdisk_size +=
>> +                               android_image_set_bootconfig(hdr, vendor_boot_img, ramdisk_ptr);
>>          } else {
>>                  /* Ramdisk can be used in-place, use current ptr */
>>                  if (img_data.ramdisk_addr == 0 ||
>>
>> --
>> 2.34.1
>>
> Regards,
> Simon




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