linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] init: INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME should depend on BLK_DEV

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Message-ID: <20250915181440.1e52a824.ddiss@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:14:40 +1000
From: David Disseldorp <ddiss@...e.de>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Martin Wilck
 <mwilck@...e.com>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Christian
 Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Askar Safin
 <safinaskar@...il.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME should depend on
 BLK_DEV_INITRD

On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:11:05 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME is only used in init/initramfs.c and
> init/initramfs_test.c.  Hence add a dependency on BLK_DEV_INITRD, to
> prevent asking the user about this feature when configuring a kernel
> without initramfs support.
> 
> Fixes: 1274aea127b2e8c9 ("initramfs: add INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME Kconfig option")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Makes sense, thanks.

Reviewed-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@...e.de>