Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:17:13 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH/RFC 1/2] init/initramfs.c: allow asynchronous unpacking |
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 6:29 AM Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> wrote: > > So add an initramfs_async= kernel parameter, allowing the main init > process to proceed to handling device_initcall()s without waiting for > populate_rootfs() to finish.
Hmm. This is why we have the whole "async_schedule()" thing (mostly used for things like disk spin-up etc). Is there some reason you didn't use that infrastructure?
Linus
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