Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262116AbTKQQJI (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:09:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262280AbTKQQJI (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:09:08 -0500 Received: from zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com ([47.129.242.57]:11708 "EHLO zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262116AbTKQQJG (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:09:06 -0500 Message-ID: <3FB8F218.30601@nortelnetworks.com> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:06:48 -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: "Kevin P. Fleming" Cc: Andrey Borzenkov , Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Is initramfs freed after kernel is booted? References: <3FB8EBC2.1080800@nortelnetworks.com> <3FB8ED91.3050305@backtobasicsmgmt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 878 Lines: 23 Kevin P. Fleming wrote: > There is no pivot_root happening here; the kernel creates a ramfs and > mounts it on / (as rootfs), then unpacks the initramfs cpio archive into > it. After doing a few more steps, it overmounts the real root onto /, > making the rootfs filesystem invisible. It is not freed in the current > kernels. Anyone know why it overmounts rather than pivots? 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/