Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 03/19/2013 03:28 PM, William Hubbs wrote:
> All,
> 
> I haven't heard any more on this patch, so I wanted to ping the
> thread again and find out the status.
> 
> The original message is linked below[1].
> 
> The issue is that /dev/root appears in /proc/mounts if you do not
> boot with an initramfs, but /dev/root is not a device node. In the
> past, udev created a symbolic link from /dev/root to the
> appropriate block device, but it does not do this any longer. Also,
> devtmpfs does not create this symbolic link.
> 
> This is causing bugs with software that depends on the existence
> of /dev/root [2] for example.
> 
> Do you need any more information on this patch, or is there some
> reason it can't go in?
> 

Seems okay to me, although even better would be to use the udev name
of the device in question.

	-hpa

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