On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:40:31 -0700 Andy Lutomirski <l...@amacapital.net> wrote:
> If a user puts init=/whatever on the command line and /whatever > can't be run, then the kernel will try a few default options before > giving up. If init=/whatever came from a bootloader prompt, then > this is unexpected but probably harmless. On the other hand, if it > comes from a script (e.g. a tool like virtme or perhaps a future > kselftest script), then the fallbacks are likely to exist, but > they'll do the wrong thing. For example, they might unexpectedly > invoke systemd. > > This makes a failure to run the specified init= process be fatal. > > As a temporary measure, users can set CONFIG_INIT_FALLBACK=y to > preserve the old behavior. If no one speaks up, we can remove that > option entirely after a release or two. > I like it. Now users could even use: rdinit=foo init=bar If foo fails, bar will be tried as a fallback, and nothing else after that. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
