linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] free initrds boot option

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Date:	Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:14:27 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] free initrds boot option

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:42:57 +1100 Michael Neuling wrote:

> Index: linux-2.6-ozlabs/init/initramfs.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-ozlabs.orig/init/initramfs.c
> +++ linux-2.6-ozlabs/init/initramfs.c
> @@ -487,6 +487,17 @@ static char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(ch
>  	return message;
>  }
>  
> +static int do_retain_initrd = 0;

Don't init that to 0.  That's done for us and it's a bit
wasteful in the object file(s), so we try not to do that.


> +static int __init retain_initrd_param(char *str)
> +{
> +	if (*str)
> +		return 0;
> +	do_retain_initrd = 1;
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +__setup("retain_initrd", retain_initrd_param);

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~Randy
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