Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-04-16 Thread Mimi Zohar
Hi Rob, On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 17:34 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > > On 02/01/2018 04:41 PM, Taras Kondratiuk wrote: > > Quoting Mimi Zohar (2018-02-01 13:51:52) > >> On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 11:09 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > >>> On 02/01/2018 09:55 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 09

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-02-01 Thread Rob Landley
On 02/01/2018 04:41 PM, Taras Kondratiuk wrote: > Quoting Mimi Zohar (2018-02-01 13:51:52) >> On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 11:09 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: >>> On 02/01/2018 09:55 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote: On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 09:20 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: >> With your patch and specifying "

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-02-01 Thread Rob Landley
On 01/31/2018 10:22 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 21:03 -0500, Arvind Sankar wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 05:48:20PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: >>> On 01/31/2018 04:07 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 13:32 -0600, Rob Landley wrote:>> (The old "I configur

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-02-01 Thread Taras Kondratiuk
Quoting Mimi Zohar (2018-02-01 13:51:52) > On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 11:09 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > > On 02/01/2018 09:55 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > > On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 09:20 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > > > > > >>> With your patch and specifying "root=tmpfs", dracut is complaining: > > >>> > > >

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-02-01 Thread Mimi Zohar
On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 11:09 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > On 02/01/2018 09:55 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 09:20 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > > > >>> With your patch and specifying "root=tmpfs", dracut is complaining: > >>> > >>> dracut: FATAL: Don't know how to handle 'root=tmpfs'

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-02-01 Thread Rob Landley
On 02/01/2018 09:55 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 09:20 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > >>> With your patch and specifying "root=tmpfs", dracut is complaining: >>> >>> dracut: FATAL: Don't know how to handle 'root=tmpfs' >>> dracut: refusing to continue >> >> [googles]... I do not unde

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-02-01 Thread Mimi Zohar
On Thu, 2018-02-01 at 09:20 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > > With your patch and specifying "root=tmpfs", dracut is complaining: > > > > dracut: FATAL: Don't know how to handle 'root=tmpfs' > > dracut: refusing to continue > > [googles]... I do not understand why this package exists. > > If you're

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-02-01 Thread Rob Landley
On 01/31/2018 10:22 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 21:03 -0500, Arvind Sankar wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 05:48:20PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: >>> On 01/31/2018 04:07 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 13:32 -0600, Rob Landley wrote:>> (The old "I configur

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-01-31 Thread Mimi Zohar
On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 21:03 -0500, Arvind Sankar wrote: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 05:48:20PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > > On 01/31/2018 04:07 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > > On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 13:32 -0600, Rob Landley wrote:>> (The old "I > > > configured in tmpfs and am using rootfs but I want th

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-01-31 Thread Arvind Sankar
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 05:48:20PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > On 01/31/2018 04:07 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 13:32 -0600, Rob Landley wrote:>> (The old "I > > configured in tmpfs and am using rootfs but I want that > rootfs > >> to be ramfs, not tmpfs" code doesn't seem to be

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-01-31 Thread Rob Landley
On 01/31/2018 04:07 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 13:32 -0600, Rob Landley wrote:>> (The old "I > configured in tmpfs and am using rootfs but I want that rootfs >> to be ramfs, not tmpfs" code doesn't seem to be a real-world concern, does >> it?) > > I must be missing something.  

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-01-31 Thread Mimi Zohar
On Wed, 2018-01-31 at 13:32 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > On 01/30/2018 03:46 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > Commit 16203a7a9422 ("initmpfs: make rootfs use tmpfs when CONFIG_TMPFS > > enabled") introduced using tmpfs as the rootfs filesystem. The use of > > tmpfs is limited to systems that do not specif

Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-01-31 Thread Rob Landley
On 01/30/2018 03:46 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > Commit 16203a7a9422 ("initmpfs: make rootfs use tmpfs when CONFIG_TMPFS > enabled") introduced using tmpfs as the rootfs filesystem. The use of > tmpfs is limited to systems that do not specify "root=" on the boot > command line. > > Without the check "

[RFC PATCH] rootfs: force mounting rootfs as tmpfs

2018-01-30 Thread Mimi Zohar
Commit 16203a7a9422 ("initmpfs: make rootfs use tmpfs when CONFIG_TMPFS enabled") introduced using tmpfs as the rootfs filesystem. The use of tmpfs is limited to systems that do not specify "root=" on the boot command line. Without the check "!saved_root_name[0]", rootfs uses tmpfs. As there mus