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Stefan Berger 21528c69a0 rootfs: Fix support for rootfstype= when root= is given 
Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst states:

  If CONFIG_TMPFS is enabled, rootfs will use tmpfs instead of ramfs by
  default.  To force ramfs, add "rootfstype=ramfs" to the kernel command
  line.

This currently does not work when root= is provided since then
saved_root_name contains a string and rootfstype= is ignored. Therefore,
ramfs is currently always chosen when root= is provided.

The current behavior for rootfs's filesystem is:

   root=       | rootfstype= | chosen rootfs filesystem
   ------------+-------------+--------------------------
   unspecified | unspecified | tmpfs
   unspecified | tmpfs       | tmpfs
   unspecified | ramfs       | ramfs
    provided   | ignored     | ramfs

rootfstype= should be respected regardless whether root= is given,
as shown below:

   root=       | rootfstype= | chosen rootfs filesystem
   ------------+-------------+--------------------------
   unspecified | unspecified | tmpfs  (as before)
   unspecified | tmpfs       | tmpfs  (as before)
   unspecified | ramfs       | ramfs  (as before)
    provided   | unspecified | ramfs  (compatibility with before)
    provided   | tmpfs       | tmpfs  (new)
    provided   | ramfs       | ramfs  (new)

This table represents the new behavior.

Fixes: 6e19eded36 ("initmpfs: use initramfs if rootfstype= or root= specified")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8244c75f-445e-b15b-9dbf-266e7ca666e2@landley.net/
Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120011248.396012-1-stefanb@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
 		2023-12-07 10:29:21 +09:00
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.gitignore kbuild: build init/built-in.a just once 2022-09-29 04:40:15 +09:00
Kconfig arch: Remove Itanium (IA-64) architecture 2023-09-11 08:13:17 +00:00
Makefile x86/retpoline: Make sure there are no unconverted return thunks due to KCSAN 2023-10-20 13:02:23 +02:00
build-version kbuild: build init/built-in.a just once 2022-09-29 04:40:15 +09:00
calibrate.c
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do_mounts.c rootfs: Fix support for rootfstype= when root= is given 2023-12-07 10:29:21 +09:00
do_mounts.h init: pass root_device_name explicitly 2023-06-05 10:55:20 -06:00
do_mounts_initrd.c init: pass root_device_name explicitly 2023-06-05 10:55:20 -06:00
do_mounts_rd.c
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init_task.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 2023-11-02 20:53:31 -10:00
initramfs.c mm: remove arguments of show_mem() 2023-08-18 10:12:02 -07:00
main.c proc: sysctl: prevent aliased sysctls from getting passed to init 2023-11-01 12:10:02 -07:00
noinitramfs.c
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version-timestamp.c init/version-timestamp.c: remove unneeded #include <linux/version.h> 2023-01-09 07:34:38 +09:00
version.c init/version.c: Replace strlcpy with strscpy 2023-09-22 09:50:56 -07:00