linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] init: print some info about UUID and LABEL in name_to_dev

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Message-ID: <YlRPZy+trbDdanyh@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:55:19 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] init: print some info about UUID and LABEL in
 name_to_dev_t()

On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 11:39:39AM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> If there is no valid initrd, but root=UUID or root=LABEL is used
> in the command line, boot hangs like this:

There is no root=UUID or root=LABEL handling in the kernel at all, so
I don't see why we should print anything here.