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Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 6/6] RISC-V: Implement keepinitrd kernel parameter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:hch@infradead.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 11:25 AM
> To: Anup Patel <Anup.Patel@wdc.com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>; Anup Patel
> <anup@brainfault.org>; Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@sifive.com>; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org; Atish Patra <Atish.Patra@wdc.com>; Albert Ou
> <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>; Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>;
> linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] RISC-V: Implement keepinitrd kernel parameter
>=20
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 03:43:06AM +0000, Anup Patel wrote:
> > Sure, the keepinitrd=3D0 by default so it will always free-up initrd by=
 default.
> > Please look at v3 patchset.
> >
> > Of course, we need separate patch to update documentation of
> keepinitrd.
>=20
> No, we need to not just blindly copy what arm did for historic reasons un=
less
> we have a very good reason of our own.
>=20
> In addition to not having a real need for any of this in a new setup, it =
also is
> duplicated by the retain_initrd parameter which is implemented in generic
> code - and for that the commit message at least has a rationale related t=
o
> kexec:
>=20
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/7/15

Sure, I will re-work this patch to always free-up initrd.

Regards,
Anup