On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 01:28:59PM +0000, Anup Patel wrote: > This patch implements keepinitrd kernel parameter. By default, > keepinitrd=1 but users can pass "keepinitrd=0" to free-up > initrd memory at boot-time in free_initrd_mem() function. > > The keepinitrd kernel parameter is already implemented by > unicore32, arm, and arm64 architectures and it is documented > at: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
But why do we need it? Is there any good reason every not to free the initrd / initramfs memory when it is not used?
