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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Add retain_initrd boot option
Michael Neuling wrote:
> Add retain_initrd option to control freeing of initrd memory after
> extraction. By default, free memory as previously.
>
> The first boot will need to hold a copy of the in memory fs for the
> second boot. This image can be large (much larger than the kernel),
> hence we can save time when the memory loader is slow. Also, it reduces
> the memory footprint while extracting the first boot since you don't
> need another copy of the fs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
> ---
> Removed unnecessary init of do_retain_initrd as suggested by Randy
> Dunlap.
>
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++
> init/initramfs.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6-ozlabs/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-ozlabs.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ linux-2.6-ozlabs/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1366,6 +1366,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
> resume= [SWSUSP]
> Specify the partition device for software suspend
>
> + retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
> +
> rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
> Set number of hash buckets for route cache
>
> Index: linux-2.6-ozlabs/init/initramfs.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-ozlabs.orig/init/initramfs.c
> +++ linux-2.6-ozlabs/init/initramfs.c
> @@ -487,6 +487,17 @@ static char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(ch
> return message;
> }
>
> +static int do_retain_initrd;
> +
> +static int __init retain_initrd_param(char *str)
> +{
> + if (*str)
> + return 0;
> + do_retain_initrd = 1;
> + return 1;
> +}
> +__setup("retain_initrd", retain_initrd_param);
> +
> extern char __initramfs_start[], __initramfs_end[];
> #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
> #include <linux/initrd.h>
> @@ -494,10 +505,13 @@ extern char __initramfs_start[], __initr
>
> static void __init free_initrd(void)
> {
> -#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
> unsigned long crashk_start = (unsigned long)__va(crashk_res.start);
> unsigned long crashk_end = (unsigned long)__va(crashk_res.end);

I'm still not seeing how using crashk_res is valid here when
CONFIG_KEXEC=n. Can you explain that, please?
You did test this with KEXEC=y and KEXEC=n, right?

> + if (do_retain_initrd)
> + goto skip;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
> /*
> * If the initrd region is overlapped with crashkernel reserved region,
> * free only memory that is not part of crashkernel region.
> @@ -515,7 +529,7 @@ static void __init free_initrd(void)
> } else
> #endif
> free_initrd_mem(initrd_start, initrd_end);
> -
> +skip:
> initrd_start = 0;
> initrd_end = 0;
> }


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~Randy
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