[PATCH 5/5] initmpfs: Use initramfs if rootfstype= or root= specified.

[Rob Landley]

From: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Command line option rootfstype=ramfs to obtain old initramfs behavior,
and use ramfs instead of tmpfs for stub when root= defined (for cosmetic
reasons).

Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 init/do_mounts.c |   15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- initold/init/do_mounts.c	2013-06-29 13:27:00.485256840 -0500
+++ initwork/init/do_mounts.c	2013-06-29 13:34:17.925275072 -0500
@@ -591,18 +591,22 @@
 	sys_chroot(".");
 }
 
+static bool is_tmpfs;
 static struct dentry *rootfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
 {
 	static int once;
+	void *fill = ramfs_fill_super;
 
 	if (once)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 	else
 		once++;
 
-	return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, data,
-		IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS) ? shmem_fill_super : ramfs_fill_super);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS) && is_tmpfs)
+		fill = shmem_fill_super;
+
+	return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, data, fill);
 }
 
 static struct file_system_type rootfs_fs_type = {
@@ -618,9 +622,12 @@
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS))
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS) && !saved_root_name[0] &&
+		(!root_fs_names || strstr(root_fs_names, "tmpfs")))
+	{
 		err = shmem_init();
-	else
+		is_tmpfs = true;
+	} else
 		err = init_ramfs_fs();
 
 	if (err)
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