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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:16:23 -0800 (PST) From: Askar Safin To: ddiss@suse.de Cc: brauner@kernel.org, initramfs@vger.kernel.org, jack@suse.cz, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nathan@kernel.org, nsc@kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, rdunlap@infradead.org, rob@landley.net, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] init: ensure that /dev/null is (nearly) always available in initramfs Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:16:09 +0300 Message-ID: <20260221001610.820321-1-safinaskar@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 In-Reply-To: <20260220112606.551099f5.ddiss@suse.de> References: <20260220112606.551099f5.ddiss@suse.de> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: initramfs@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit David Disseldorp : > It looks as though Bionic has extra logic to handle missing /dev/null > during early boot, although it's dependent on !is_AT_SECURE: > https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/main/+/main:bionic/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.cpp;drc=a7637a8f06f103c53d61a400a6b66f48f2da32be;l=400 > > I think this would be better addressed via documentation (e.g. in Bionic > or ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst). Okay, I see, current bionic behavior is good. Okay, I agree that this /dev/null patch is not necessary. -- Askar Safin