From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF8E7C4332F for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2023 14:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1344424AbjKAO2M (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2023 10:28:12 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:43344 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1344313AbjKAO2J (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2023 10:28:09 -0400 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B587DC for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2023 07:28:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5576AC433C7; Wed, 1 Nov 2023 14:28:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1698848883; bh=a0qkXSjOyDeXe1GXN/anRJBe4gdOp1j2urwMHhRe9Po=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=BF5SS8UFB2nUpJNvZouZVdpKHp8hqj4/0yCpPoT7m2clkvx/FPVII0EBS5Vm6xCAk OB7Q97Jqyhvq5ex/RqUT7fnF0i3A/sbx3ntYHLmsXrDHFcEhnlnNRKtAkKu75CGCgP DMtRSZOfneiQa2owLfbYMkqfdWDR2P/plYqPXPaA= Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 15:28:00 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Stefan Berger Cc: Rob Landley , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Milton D. Miller II" , Jeff Layton , Jens Axboe , Jim Cromie , Sam Ravnborg , "Eric W. Biederman" , Alexander Viro , "H. Peter Anvin" , Mimi Zohar Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: Use tmpfs for rootfs even if root= is given Message-ID: <2023110159-rasping-stature-af8d@gregkh> References: <20231031154417.621742-1-stefanb@linux.ibm.com> <2023103159-punctuate-amount-f09d@gregkh> <6dae6aa6-e6c6-89d6-f9d7-7563708f7662@landley.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 10:16:37AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > > > On 11/1/23 07:35, Rob Landley wrote: > > On 10/31/23 11:56, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 11:44:17AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > > > > rootfs currently does not use tmpfs if the root= boot option is passed > > > > even though the documentation about rootfs (added in 6e19eded3684) in > > > > 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. > > > > > > At this point in time, is there even any difference between ramfs and > > > tmpfs anymore? Why would you want to choose one over the other here? > > > > I submitted a patch to fix this to the list multiple times, which got ignored as > > always. Most recently here: > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8244c75f-445e-b15b-9dbf-266e7ca666e2@landley.net/ > > Everyone, > I now responded to Rob's patch over here: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/11/1/333 Note, we can't do anything with lkml.org links, they don't even work at times, please always use lore.kernel.org Also, one patch out of a longer series also will not work as we can't pick it up from there either. Can someone resend it, as a stand-alone patch, with the proper people cc:ed and then we can handle that. You all know this... thanks, greg k-h > > > > > > Rob