linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] rootfs: Fix support for rootfstype= when root= is given

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Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:10:30 -0500
From:   Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     zohar@...ux.ibm.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        initramfs@...r.kernel.org, Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2] rootfs: Fix support for rootfstype= when root= is given

Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst states:

  If CONFIG_TMPFS is enabled, rootfs will use tmpfs instead of ramfs by
  default.  To force ramfs, add "rootfstype=ramfs" to the kernel command
  line.

This currently does not work when root= is provided since then
saved_root_name contains a string and initfstype= is ignored. Therefore,
ramfs is currently always chosen when root= is provided.

The current behavior for rootfs's filesystem is:

   root=       | initfstype= | chosen rootfs filesystem
   ------------+-------------+--------------------------
   unspecified | unspecified | tmpfs
   unspecified | tmpfs       | tmpfs
   unspecified | ramfs       | ramfs
    provided   | ignored     | ramfs

initfstype= should be respected regardless whether root= is given,
as shown below:

   root=       | initfstype= | chosen rootfs filesystem
   ------------+-------------+--------------------------
   unspecified | unspecified | tmpfs  (as before)
   unspecified | tmpfs       | tmpfs  (as before)
   unspecified | ramfs       | ramfs  (as before)
    provided   | unspecified | ramfs  (compatibility with before)
    provided   | tmpfs       | tmpfs  (new)
    provided   | ramfs       | ramfs  (new)

This table represents the new behavior.

Fixes: 6e19eded3684 ("initmpfs: use initramfs if rootfstype= or root=  specified")
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 init/do_mounts.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 5fdef94f0864..279ad28bf4fb 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -510,7 +510,10 @@ struct file_system_type rootfs_fs_type = {
 
 void __init init_rootfs(void)
 {
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS) && !saved_root_name[0] &&
-		(!root_fs_names || strstr(root_fs_names, "tmpfs")))
-		is_tmpfs = true;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS)) {
+		if (!saved_root_name[0] && !root_fs_names)
+			is_tmpfs = true;
+		else if (root_fs_names && !!strstr(root_fs_names, "tmpfs"))
+			is_tmpfs = true;
+	}
 }
-- 
2.41.0