From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:50:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <469801B7.7010909@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0707132344140.13842@be1.lrz>
Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Bodo Eggert wrote:
>
>>> I toyed with setting up a diskless system in initramfs. In the process, I
>>> came across some things:
>>>
>>> 1) There is no way to have the kernel not mount a filesystem,
>>> unless you use /init or rdinit=.
>> And? Just use rdinit=/sbin/init and no patch is needed.
>
> rdinit is supposed to do a different job from /sbin/init, therefore it
> will not do the security callbacks the original code would do.
>
> And besides that, it feels like turning the wrong knob for that task.
No, it is exactly the right knob for the task.
The fact that the security callbacks don't get invoked when using an
initramfs *AT ALL* is the real problem.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-13 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-13 18:56 [PATCH 0/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 18:59 ` [PATCH 1/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs: enable root=rootfs Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 19:00 ` [PATCH 2/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs: root-on-tmpfs Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 19:02 ` [PATCH 3/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs: make mount-on-boot optional Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 19:47 ` [PATCH 0/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-13 22:37 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 22:50 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-07-14 15:20 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-14 18:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-14 19:46 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-14 20:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-15 1:58 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-18 21:54 ` Rob Landley
2007-07-19 13:56 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-19 14:41 ` Stephen Smalley
2007-07-19 17:22 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-28 16:07 ` Rob Landley
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2007-07-14 18:49 ` [PATCH 2/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs: root-on-tmpfs Bodo Eggert
2007-07-15 5:24 ` [PATCH 0/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs Al Boldi
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