From a2a37146ff2e4ef00c590cc8fafd00846ad899e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Leach <dev@mattleach.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 21:57:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] main: init: add arg init option

Add a new option `--init-arg` which allows arguments to be passed to
init when invoked by the kernel. This allows the `-i` parameter to be
passed through to bash such that it will be started in interactive mode.
---
 scripts/qemu-runner.sh |  6 +++---
 src/main.rs            | 11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/qemu-runner.sh b/scripts/qemu-runner.sh
index bfb1a9d..96a2ee5 100755
--- a/scripts/qemu-runner.sh
+++ b/scripts/qemu-runner.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-    init_script="$2"
+    append_args="--init=$2"
 else
-    init_script="/bin/bash"
+    append_args="--init=/bin/bash --init-arg=-i"
 fi
 
 
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ bin="${elf%.elf}.bin"
 
 # Convert to binary format
 aarch64-none-elf-objcopy -O binary "$elf" "$bin"
-qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt,gic-version=3 -initrd moss.img -cpu cortex-a72 -m 2G -smp 4 -nographic -s -kernel "$bin" -append "--init=$init_script --rootfs=ext4fs --automount=/dev,devfs --automount=/tmp,tmpfs --automount=/proc,procfs"
+qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt,gic-version=3 -initrd moss.img -cpu cortex-a72 -m 2G -smp 4 -nographic -s -kernel "$bin" -append "$append_args --rootfs=ext4fs --automount=/dev,devfs --automount=/tmp,tmpfs --automount=/proc,procfs"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1e7eed6..0d642db 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fn on_panic(info: &PanicInfo) -> ! {
     ArchImpl::power_off();
 }
 
-async fn launch_init(opts: KOptions) {
+async fn launch_init(mut opts: KOptions) {
     let init = opts
         .init
         .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("No init specified in kernel command line"));
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ async fn launch_init(opts: KOptions) {
 
     drop(task);
 
-    process::exec::kernel_exec(inode, vec![init.as_str().to_string()], vec![])
+    let mut init_args = vec![init.as_str().to_string()];
+
+    init_args.append(&mut opts.init_args);
+
+    process::exec::kernel_exec(inode, init_args, vec![])
         .await
         .expect("Could not launch init process");
 }
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ struct KOptions {
     init: Option<PathBuf>,
     root_fs: Option<String>,
     automounts: Vec<(PathBuf, String)>,
+    init_args: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 fn parse_args(args: &str) -> KOptions {
@@ -179,6 +184,7 @@ fn parse_args(args: &str) -> KOptions {
         init: None,
         root_fs: None,
         automounts: Vec::new(),
+        init_args: Vec::new(),
     };
 
     let mut opts = Options::new(args.split(" "));
@@ -187,6 +193,7 @@ fn parse_args(args: &str) -> KOptions {
         match opts.next_opt() {
             Ok(Some(arg)) => match arg {
                 Opt::Long("init") => kopts.init = Some(PathBuf::from(opts.value().unwrap())),
+                Opt::Long("init-arg") => kopts.init_args.push(opts.value().unwrap().to_string()),
                 Opt::Long("rootfs") => kopts.root_fs = Some(opts.value().unwrap().to_string()),
                 Opt::Long("automount") => {
                     let string = opts.value().unwrap();