Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Restore data lifetime support

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 17:22:40 +1100, David Disseldorp wrote:
> If initrd_start cpio extraction fails, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM triggers
> fallback to initrd.image handling via populate_initrd_image().
> The populate_initrd_image() call follows successful extraction of any
> built-in cpio archive at __initramfs_start, but currently performs
> built-in archive extraction a second time.
> 
> Prior to commit b2a74d5f9d446 ("initramfs: remove clean_rootfs"),
> the second built-in initramfs unpack call was used to repopulate entries
> removed by clean_rootfs(), but it's no longer necessary now the contents
> of the previous extraction are retained.
> 
> [...]

I've pulled this in. There was a minor merge-conflict with
fs/iomap/buffer_write.c that I've resolved. Please double-check that
it's sane. I'll treat this branch as stable by Friday since I know you
want to rely on it.

We can do it right now but I reckon that there might still be an ack or
two incoming that you wanted.

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Applied to the vfs.rw branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.rw branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.rw