linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add the ability to mount filesystems during initramfs expansion

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Message-ID: <20260124174150.974899-1-safinaskar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:41:50 +0300
From: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com>
To: hpa@...or.com
Cc: brauner@...nel.org,
	corbet@....net,
	jack@...e.cz,
	lennart@...ttering.net,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
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	systemd-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add the ability to mount filesystems during initramfs expansion

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>:
> At Plumber's 2024, Lennart Poettering of the systemd project requested
> the ability to overmount the rootfs with a separate tmpfs before
> initramfs expansion, so the populated tmpfs can be unmounted.

This is already solved by [1] and [2]. They are in next.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251229-work-empty-namespace-v1-0-bfb24c7b061f@kernel.org/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260112-work-immutable-rootfs-v2-0-88dd1c34a204@kernel.org/

-- 
Askar Safin