linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/24] init: clear root_wait on all invalid root= strings

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Message-ID: <20230622035149.GA4667@lst.de>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2023 05:51:49 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>,
        Joern Engel <joern@...ybastard.org>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/24] init: clear root_wait on all invalid root=
 strings

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 02:07:13PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 09:45:25AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Instead of only clearing root_wait in devt_from_partuuid when the UUID
> > format was invalid, do that in parse_root_device for all strings that
> > failed to parse.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> 
> In linux-next, almost all of my boot tests from usb drives as well
> as a few others fail with "Disabling rootwait; root= is invalid."
> in the log. Bisect points to this patch.

Can you send such a log, and the command line you've used?