linux-kernel - [PATCH 13/13] init/do_mounts.c: add virtio

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Date:   Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:37:42 -0400
From:   Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        miklos@...redi.hu
Cc:     virtio-fs@...hat.com, vgoyal@...hat.com, stefanha@...hat.com,
        dgilbert@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH 13/13] init/do_mounts.c: add virtio_fs root fs support

It is useful to mount the root file system via virtio_fs.  During
testing a monolithic kernel is more convenient than an initramfs but
we'll need to teach the kernel how to boot directly from virtio_fs.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
---
 init/do_mounts.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 53cb37b66227..d7e7bb83f85b 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -554,6 +554,16 @@ void __init mount_root(void)
 			change_floppy("root floppy");
 	}
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_VIRTIO_FS
+	if (root_fs_names && !strcmp(root_fs_names, "virtio_fs")) {
+		if (!do_mount_root(root_device_name, "virtio_fs",
+				   root_mountflags, root_mount_data))
+			return;
+
+		panic("VFS: Unable to mount root fs \"%s\" from virtio_fs",
+		      root_device_name);
+	}
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	{
 		int err = create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV);
-- 
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