From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4792313291; Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1757943281; cv=none; b=kCNzxLouwtx8lvaGWcXqci7Kn71XRx8w2dQ1fLwM/DXh9iDxqXvsXYeJzPj1jHfIAOL1phX7A68L3FGvGSWP/IUQitJJj9IHvy0j4zvMk3lcnQ7/HaWG6iSgFATOW47d7fA+U7rAqv4BkNgwQjonsa6i6PW1cD8xwOtR+R2krKk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1757943281; c=relaxed/simple; bh=G1pxbFOuDJsJnBF0m+5CY6Xwwfubv5cFdvznrZJvWPg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=OkfHiPj1UpfBq8XCfhhzzHPDGr9xBeZaX7wPEA1SOYykFR7UBSgp0wkVo2BBFYed+ECtfAmcx/kTpNpTTEqv2oNAs8tIPopgbduz/YzdO6pwjGTIbD7wplQT9aK9SN6DdzWj0CGvL9zj8ggJjuwp+n3TVsqYQZHImRxsTB3LVsA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=BJGZ1vBQ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="BJGZ1vBQ" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 06662C4CEF5; Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:34:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1757943280; bh=G1pxbFOuDJsJnBF0m+5CY6Xwwfubv5cFdvznrZJvWPg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=BJGZ1vBQTvO1OLFpsKgtQvIkjtAVvJey56ZqhZxYzVB3EDoeucwA9j3Ikra0r96a5 jQw9/XHjAdC85R6jORBqXH6OkpLRRmI0UaRxSBMlJTyGu8sObrPf6EYsRHYnpzWABK 4guOhpliPb5aYSSJ1cikDCiA9fl38O9CJLfhWdf/1FUDPbaUHhsgjd/BUigP/DwSAR ZgzXa5kZ1LN2Vwu2d8y8wxYWU6XMdt47ld5N4t1CFweo+0HtUX4GHSNgmsq7QjI/jF wghZzlNvaq7LpEjMzkOqler37Pf0I1gD2UiJKUJFEipxphTk6d9TTXloxjbYPhi7oP Dxi908vsrFrMg== Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:34:26 +0200 From: Christian Brauner To: Askar Safin Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Al Viro , Jan Kara , Christoph Hellwig , Jens Axboe , Andy Shevchenko , Aleksa Sarai , Thomas =?utf-8?Q?Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= , Julian Stecklina , Gao Xiang , Art Nikpal , Andrew Morton , Eric Curtin , Alexander Graf , Rob Landley , Lennart Poettering , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org, linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-openrisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, x86@kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , linux-block@vger.kernel.org, initramfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, "Theodore Y . Ts'o" , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Michal Simek , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Luis Chamberlain , Kees Cook , Thorsten Blum , Heiko Carstens , patches@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 00/62] initrd: remove classic initrd support Message-ID: <20250915-modebranche-marken-fc832a25e05d@brauner> References: <20250913003842.41944-1-safinaskar@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-api@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20250913003842.41944-1-safinaskar@gmail.com> On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 12:37:39AM +0000, Askar Safin wrote: > Intro > ==== > This patchset removes classic initrd (initial RAM disk) support, > which was deprecated in 2020. This is a good idea but the patchset does a bit too much and it's pretty convoluted and mixes cleanups with the removal of initrd support and so it's not that great to review let alone merge especially considering that a revert might be needed. Split it up into multiple patch series. Send a first series that focusses only on removing the generic infrastructure keeping it as contained as possible. Only do non-generic cleanups that are absolutely essential for the removal. Then the cleanups can go in separate series later. As usual I'm happy to try to shed old code but I wouldn't be too optimistic that we'll get away with this and if so it needs to be surgical.