Re: [RFC 2/2] initramfs with digital signature protection

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:04:37 EST


On 02/05/2013 02:09 PM, Kasatkin, Dmitry wrote:

It should not be like that. Actually when pre-init exits, cleanup code
umount tmpfs, which in turn cleanups the RAM.


It doesn't quite... the rootfs is permanent. This is also only one usage mode: there are quite a few Linux systems running directly out of initramfs.

-hpa


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