linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] init: remove special-case for mtd/ubi

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Date:   Mon,  7 Dec 2020 13:48:34 -0500
From:   "Alex Xu (Hello71)" <alex_y_xu@...oo.ca>
To:     "Alex Xu (Hello71)" <alex_y_xu@...oo.ca>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] init: remove special-case for mtd/ubi

This should be handled by the fallback after trying to resolve it.

Signed-off-by: Alex Xu (Hello71) <alex_y_xu@...oo.ca>
---
 init/do_mounts.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 8aa38ec0bfec..a2a273b9866f 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -603,11 +603,6 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 
 	if (saved_root_name[0]) {
 		root_device_name = saved_root_name;
-		if (!strncmp(root_device_name, "mtd", 3) ||
-		    !strncmp(root_device_name, "ubi", 3)) {
-			mount_block_root(root_device_name, root_mountflags);
-			goto out;
-		}
 		ROOT_DEV = name_to_dev_t(root_device_name);
 		if (strncmp(root_device_name, "/dev/", 5) == 0)
 			root_device_name += 5;
-- 
2.29.2