Re: [linux-next] rootfs: rootflags take effect when mount rootfs

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Jun 27 2021 - 06:46:31 EST


On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 09:16:55AM +0800, Weilong Chen wrote:
> The kernel root filesystem may use the rootflags parameters
> when mount, especially for tmpfs, to setup a variety of features.
>
> For example:
> 1. Add 'rootflags=huge=always' to boot args.
> 2. When the OS bootup:
> rootfs on / type rootfs (..., huge=always)
> Then we can get the hugepage performance improvement of tmpfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Weilong Chen <chenweilong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/namespace.c | 5 +++--
> include/linux/init.h | 2 +-
> init/do_mounts.c | 4 +++-
> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

No documentation update for this new user/kernel api you added?