RE: [PATCH v4 0/3] initramfs: add support for xattrs in the initial ram disk

Roberto Sassu
2022-07-19T06:55:57Z

> From: Jim Baxter [mailto:jim_baxter@mentor.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2022 8:08 PM
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> Best regards,
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> *Jim Baxter*
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> On 18/07/2022 17:49, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> >> From: Jim Baxter [mailto:jim_baxter@mentor.com]
> >> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2022 6:36 PM
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> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have been testing these patches and do not see the xattr information when
> >> trying to retrieve it within the initramfs, do you have an example of how
> >> you tested this originally?
> >
> > Hi Jim, all
> >
> > apologies, I didn't find yet the time to look at this.
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> Hello Roberto,
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> Thank you for your response, I can wait until you have looked at the patches,
> I asked the question to make sure it was not something wrong in my
> configuration.
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> >
> > Uhm, I guess this could be solved with:
> >
> > https://github.com/openeuler-
> mirror/kernel/commit/18a502f7e3b1de7b9ba0c70896ce08ee13d052da
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> > and adding initramtmpfs to the kernel command line. You are
> > probably using ramfs, which does not have xattr support.
> >
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> Thank you, I have tested that patch but the problem remained. Here is my
> command line, I wonder if there is something wrong.
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> Kernel command line: rw rootfstype=initramtmpfs root=/dev/ram0
> initrd=0x500000000 rootwait

It is just initramtmpfs, without rootfstype=.

Roberto