The patch titled Subject: init: remove CONFIG_INIT_FALLBACK has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was init-remove-config_init_fallback.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: init: remove CONFIG_INIT_FALLBACK CONFIG_INIT_FALLBACK adds config bloat without an obvious use case that makes it worth keeping around. Delete it. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/Kconfig | 16 ---------------- init/main.c | 5 ----- 2 files changed, 21 deletions(-) diff -puN init/Kconfig~init-remove-config_init_fallback init/Kconfig --- a/init/Kconfig~init-remove-config_init_fallback +++ a/init/Kconfig @@ -1287,22 +1287,6 @@ source "usr/Kconfig" endif -config INIT_FALLBACK - bool "Fall back to defaults if init= parameter is bad" - default y - help - If enabled, the kernel will try the default init binaries if an - explicit request from the init= parameter fails. - - This can have unexpected effects. For example, booting - with init=/sbin/kiosk_app will run /sbin/init or even /bin/sh - if /sbin/kiosk_app cannot be executed. - - The default value of Y is consistent with historical behavior. - Selecting N is likely to be more appropriate for most uses, - especially on kiosks and on kernels that are intended to be - run under the control of a script. - config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE bool "Optimize for size" help diff -puN init/main.c~init-remove-config_init_fallback init/main.c --- a/init/main.c~init-remove-config_init_fallback +++ a/init/main.c @@ -953,13 +953,8 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unuse ret = run_init_process(execute_command); if (!ret) return 0; -#ifndef CONFIG_INIT_FALLBACK panic("Requested init %s failed (error %d).", execute_command, ret); -#else - pr_err("Failed to execute %s (error %d). Attempting defaults...\n", - execute_command, ret); -#endif } if (!try_to_run_init_process("/sbin/init") || !try_to_run_init_process("/etc/init") || _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch seccomp-cap-seccomp_ret_errno-data-to-max_errno.patch linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html