Re: [Q] pivot_root and initrd

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <[e-mail]>
By author:    Eric <[e-mail]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Would it even be worthwhile to propose a patch that would set a flag 
> when pivot_root is called during an initrd and prevent change_root from 
> occuring once the linuxrc thread exits?
> 
> Your method of placing "initrx=xxx" and "root=xxx" is similar to my 
> method of stuffing those values into /proc/sys/kernel/real_root_dev once 
> the pivot_root is complete; I am not really happy with that solution, 
> not the least of which because it is an undocumented work-around and 
> somewhat unexpected behavior for a system call that is to (presumably) 
> replace or augment change_root.
> 
> I was also hoping that Warner or Hans would chime-in either in defense 
> of the current documentation or with clarifications...
> 

The right thing is to get rid of the old initrd compatibility cruft,
but that's a 2.5 change.

	-hpa
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