Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add the ability to mount filesystems during initramfs expansion
From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Sat Jan 24 2026 - 19:07:43 EST
On 2026-01-24 09:41, Askar Safin wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> At Plumber's 2024, Lennart Poettering of the systemd project requested
>> the ability to overmount the rootfs with a separate tmpfs before
>> initramfs expansion, so the populated tmpfs can be unmounted.
>
> This is already solved by [1] and [2]. They are in next.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251229-work-empty-namespace-v1-0-bfb24c7b061f@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260112-work-immutable-rootfs-v2-0-88dd1c34a204@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
Just to make it clear: unless someone feels there is value in this feature
regardless of the above, there is no need for this patchset.
-hpa