Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263571AbTKQPkM (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:40:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263572AbTKQPkM (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:40:12 -0500 Received: from zcars0m9.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.157]:9124 "EHLO zcars0m9.nortelnetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263571AbTKQPkI (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:40:08 -0500 Message-ID: <3FB8EBC2.1080800@nortelnetworks.com> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:39:46 -0500 X-Sybari-Space: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 From: Chris Friesen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrey Borzenkov Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Is initramfs freed after kernel is booted? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 995 Lines: 28 Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > my example is after pivot_root. I still have two roots. > > To clarify. I want to replace initrd with initramfs. Given all > the stuff may be put in it can easily be expanded to a couple of MBs. > initrd frees this. I do not want to waste RAM to leave them in initramfs. Absolutely, the memory should be reclaimed. I would have thought that you could just unmount it--if the pivot_root is done properly there shouldn't be any references left to the initramfs. Jeff? Chris -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/