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From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	 Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
	 "Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v4 17/25] initramfs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for rootfs unpacking
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:56:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601-work-kthread-nullfs-v4-17-77ee053060e0@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260601-work-kthread-nullfs-v4-0-77ee053060e0@kernel.org>

Extract the initramfs unpacking code into a separate
unpack_initramfs() function and wrap its invocation from
do_populate_rootfs() with scoped_with_init_fs(). This ensures all
file operations during initramfs unpacking (including filp_open()
calls in do_name() and populate_initrd_image()) happen in init's
filesystem context.

Note that security_initramfs_populated() needs the scope as well since
it does use current->fs to derive the initramfs superblock.

do_populate_rootfs() ← async_schedule_domain() ← kworker (async
workqueue)

May also run synchronously from PID 1 in case async workqueue is
considered full. Overriding in that case is fine as well.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 init/initramfs.c | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 58db15fb18fd..f3439e8e41c4 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <linux/async.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
@@ -708,7 +709,7 @@ static void __init populate_initrd_image(char *err)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM */
 
-static void __init do_populate_rootfs(void *unused, async_cookie_t cookie)
+static void __init unpack_initramfs(async_cookie_t cookie)
 {
 	/* Load the built in initramfs */
 	char *err = unpack_to_rootfs(__initramfs_start, __initramfs_size);
@@ -716,7 +717,7 @@ static void __init do_populate_rootfs(void *unused, async_cookie_t cookie)
 		panic_show_mem("%s", err); /* Failed to decompress INTERNAL initramfs */
 
 	if (!initrd_start || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_FORCE))
-		goto done;
+		return;
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM))
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...\n");
@@ -731,9 +732,14 @@ static void __init do_populate_rootfs(void *unused, async_cookie_t cookie)
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Initramfs unpacking failed: %s\n", err);
 #endif
 	}
+}
 
-done:
-	security_initramfs_populated();
+static void __init do_populate_rootfs(void *unused, async_cookie_t cookie)
+{
+	scoped_with_init_fs() {
+		unpack_initramfs(cookie);
+		security_initramfs_populated();
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If the initrd region is overlapped with crashkernel reserved region,

-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-01 13:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-01 13:56 [PATCH RFC v4 00/25] fs,kthread: start all kthreads in nullfs Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 01/25] fs: add switch_fs_struct() Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 02/25] fs: notice when init abandons fs sharing Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 03/25] fs: add scoped_with_init_fs() Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 04/25] fs: add real_fs to track task's actual fs_struct Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 05/25] fs: make userspace_init_fs a dynamically-initialized pointer Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 06/25] rnbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for block device open Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 07/25] crypto: ccp: use scoped_with_init_fs() for SEV file access Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 08/25] scsi: target: use scoped_with_init_fs() for ALUA metadata Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 09/25] scsi: target: use scoped_with_init_fs() for APTPL metadata Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 10/25] btrfs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for update_dev_time() Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 11/25] coredump: use scoped_with_init_fs() for coredump path resolution Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 12/25] fs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for kernel_read_file_from_path_initns() Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 13/25] ksmbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for share path resolution Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 14/25] ksmbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for filesystem info path lookup Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 15/25] ksmbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for VFS path operations Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 16/25] pnfs/blocklayout: use scoped_with_init_fs() for SCSI device lookup Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 18/25] af_unix: use scoped_with_init_fs() for coredump socket lookup Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 19/25] fs: stop sharing fs_struct between init_task and pid 1 Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 20/25] fs: add umh argument to struct kernel_clone_args Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 21/25] devtmpfs: create private mount namespace Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 22/25] nullfs: make nullfs multi-instance Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 23/25] fs: start all kthreads in nullfs Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 24/25] fs: stop rewriting kthread fs structs Christian Brauner
2026-06-01 13:56 ` [PATCH RFC v4 25/25] fs: stop rewriting paths for PF_EXITING | PF_DUMPCORE Christian Brauner
2026-07-05 12:34 ` [PATCH RFC v4 00/25] fs,kthread: start all kthreads in nullfs Askar Safin
2026-07-05 12:57 ` Askar Safin

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