Re: [PATCH 16/23] initramfs: simplify clean_rootfs

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It was <2020-07-23 czw 11:22>, when Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 12:00:35PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:55:48PM +0200, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
>>> On 14.07.2020 21:04, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>>> Just use d_genocide instead of iterating through the root directory
>>>> with cumbersome userspace-like APIs.  This also ensures we actually
>>>> remove files that are not direct children of the root entry, which
>>>> the old code failed to do.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: df52092f3c97 ("fastboot: remove duplicate unpack_to_rootfs()")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
>>>> 
>>> This patch breaks initrd support ;-(
>>> 
>>> I use initrd to deploy kernel modules on my test machines. It was
>>> automatically mounted on /initrd. /lib/modules is just a symlink to
>>> /initrd. I know that initrd support is marked as deprecated, but it
>>> would be really nice to give people some time to update their
>>> machines before breaking the stuff.
>> 
>> Looks like your setup did rely on the /dev/ notes from the built-in
>> initramfs to be preserved.

Our initrd image contains only the modules directory and 5.8.0-rc5-next-20200717
in it.

>> Can you comment out the call to d_genocide?  It seems like for your
>> the fact that clean_rootfs didn't actually clean up was a feature and
>> not a bug.
>> 
>> I guess the old, pre-2008 code also wouldn't have worked for you in
>> that case.
>
> Did you get a chance to try this?

Indeed, commenting out d_genocide() helps.

Kind regards,
ŁS

PS. Marek is currently out of office.
-- 
Łukasz Stelmach
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

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