linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] Allow setting hostname before userspace starts

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Date:   Fri, 6 May 2022 09:23:23 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Dan Moulding <dmoulding@...com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, corbet@....net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] Allow setting hostname before userspace starts

Hi1

> Some userspace processes may rely on gethostname to always return the
> correct machine name. However, the only way that the hostname may be
> set is by some other userspace process calling sethostname
> first. During boot, if a process that depends on gethostname runs
> before sethostname has been called, then the process that called
> gethostname is going to get an incorrect result.

Don't do that, then? :-).

init gets passed command line parameters kernel did not use. So init
can do that easily. Plus, there's initrd.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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