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

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Message-ID: <5A5B4BD6-36BA-4D93-8584-9D0239068515@zytor.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:33:31 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com>
CC: brauner@...nel.org, corbet@....net, jack@...e.cz, lennart@...ttering.net,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, systemd-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add the ability to mount filesystems during initramfs expansion

On January 24, 2026 9:41:50 AM PST, Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com> wrote:
>"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/
>

Well, all right then :)