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From: Askar Safin <safinaskar@gmail.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] init: remove /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:40:47 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251010094047.3111495-4-safinaskar@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251010094047.3111495-1-safinaskar@gmail.com>

It is not used anymore

Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst |  6 ------
 include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h                 |  1 -
 init/do_mounts_initrd.c                     | 20 --------------------
 3 files changed, 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 8b49eab937d0..cc958c228bc2 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -1215,12 +1215,6 @@ that support this feature.
 ==  ===========================================================================
 
 
-real-root-dev
-=============
-
-See Documentation/admin-guide/initrd.rst.
-
-
 reboot-cmd (SPARC only)
 =======================
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h
index 63d1464cb71c..1c7fe0f4dca4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ enum
 	KERN_DOMAINNAME=8,	/* string: domainname */
 
 	KERN_PANIC=15,		/* int: panic timeout */
-	KERN_REALROOTDEV=16,	/* real root device to mount after initrd */
 
 	KERN_SPARC_REBOOT=21,	/* reboot command on Sparc */
 	KERN_CTLALTDEL=22,	/* int: allow ctl-alt-del to reboot */
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index d4f5f4c60a22..fb0c9d3b722f 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -8,31 +8,11 @@
 
 unsigned long initrd_start, initrd_end;
 int initrd_below_start_ok;
-static unsigned int real_root_dev;	/* do_proc_dointvec cannot handle kdev_t */
 static int __initdata mount_initrd = 1;
 
 phys_addr_t phys_initrd_start __initdata;
 unsigned long phys_initrd_size __initdata;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-static const struct ctl_table kern_do_mounts_initrd_table[] = {
-	{
-		.procname       = "real-root-dev",
-		.data           = &real_root_dev,
-		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
-		.mode           = 0644,
-		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
-	},
-};
-
-static __init int kernel_do_mounts_initrd_sysctls_init(void)
-{
-	register_sysctl_init("kernel", kern_do_mounts_initrd_table);
-	return 0;
-}
-late_initcall(kernel_do_mounts_initrd_sysctls_init);
-#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
-
 static int __init no_initrd(char *str)
 {
 	pr_warn("noinitrd option is deprecated and will be removed soon\n");
-- 
2.47.3


      parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-10  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-10  9:40 [PATCH v2 0/3] initrd: remove half of classic initrd support Askar Safin
2025-10-10  9:40 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] init: remove deprecated "load_ramdisk" and "prompt_ramdisk" command line parameters Askar Safin
2025-10-10 15:02   ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-10-13  6:05     ` Askar Safin
2025-10-10  9:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] initrd: remove deprecated code path (linuxrc) Askar Safin
2025-10-10 15:04   ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-10-13  9:59     ` Askar Safin
2025-10-10 19:31   ` Randy Dunlap
2025-10-13 10:29     ` Askar Safin
2025-10-10  9:40 ` Askar Safin [this message]

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