From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Juerg Billeter <juerg@paldo.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] Don't remove /sys in initramfs
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:51:32 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041111165132.396f5c44.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1100190828.5888.0.camel@juerg-p4.bitron.ch>
Juerg Billeter <juerg@paldo.org> wrote:
>
> Using the "resume" kernel parameter together with an initramfs revealed
> a bug that causes removal of the /sys directory in the initramfs' tmpfs,
> making the system unbootable.
>
> The source of the problem is that the try_name() function removes
> the /sys directory unconditionally, instead of removing it only when it
> has been created by try_name().
>
> The attached patch only removes /sys if it has been created before.
The patch looks sane. Your email client replaced tabs with spaces. I
fixed that up. In future, please send the patch to yourself first, check
that it still applies, then send it on, thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-12 0:56 UTC|newest]
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2004-11-11 16:33 Juerg Billeter
2004-11-12 0:51 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
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2004-11-05 15:26 Juerg Billeter
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