Re: [stable] [PATCH 21/25] kbuild: Fix 100% initramfs bloat in 2.6.17 versus 2.6.16

[Chris Wright]

* Chris Wright (chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> ------------------
> From: Nix <nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When I built 2.6.17 for the first time I was a little surprised to see
> my kernel putting on >500Kb in weight.
> 
> It didn't take long to work out that this was because my initramfs's
> contents were being included twice in the cpio image.

Sam accidentally sent the wrong patch, here's variant that went into
Linus' tree.

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From: Nickolay <nickolay@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kbuild: bugfix with initramfs

This patch fix double inclusion of ramfs-input.

Signed-off-by: Nickolay Vinogradov <nickolay@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 usr/Makefile |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index 19d74e6..e938242 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ ramfs-input := $(if $(filter-out "",$(CO
                     $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE),-d)
 ramfs-args  := \
         $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID), -u $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID)) \
-        $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID), -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID)) \
-        $(ramfs-input)
+        $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID), -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID))
 
 # .initramfs_data.cpio.gz.d is used to identify all files included
 # in initramfs and to detect if any files are added/removed.

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