linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: fix rootwait=

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Message-ID: <4e8856e8-9e55-2848-26a8-580a2911db19@kernel.dk>
Date:   Wed, 7 Jun 2023 08:00:53 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: fix rootwait=

On 6/7/23 7:57 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Failures to look up the gendisk must return -ENODEV so that rootwait
> retries the lookup instead of -EINVAL which exits early.
> 
> Fixes: cf056a431215 ("init: improve the name_to_dev_t interface")
> Reported-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Tested-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
> ---
> 
> [Jens, if you need to rebase for any reason it might make sense to fold
>  this into the offending patch]

I have applied it for now, and probably not a high likelihood of rebasing
this late. But if I do, I'll fold it in.

-- 
Jens Axboe