linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] init: Remove CONFIG_INIT

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Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:45:59 -0500
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@...il.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: Remove CONFIG_INIT_FALLBACK

On 10/20/14 17:04, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -960,13 +960,8 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
>  		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") ||
> 

Would you like to remove the try_to_run_init_process() stack of random
hardwired names that we can never reach if we panic, or do you just want
to remove the error message?

Confused,

Rob
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