[PATCH 11/24] init: factor the root_wait logic in prepare_namespace into a helper

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Wed May 31 05:55:22 PDT 2023


The root_wait logic is a bit obsfucated right now.  Expand it and move it
into a helper.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
---
 init/do_mounts.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index be6d14733ba02f..d5c06c1546e82c 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -606,6 +606,26 @@ void __init mount_root(char *root_device_name)
 	}
 }
 
+/* wait for any asynchronous scanning to complete */
+static void __init wait_for_root(char *root_device_name)
+{
+	if (ROOT_DEV != 0)
+		return;
+
+	pr_info("Waiting for root device %s...\n", root_device_name);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (driver_probe_done()) {
+			ROOT_DEV = name_to_dev_t(root_device_name);
+			if (ROOT_DEV)
+				break;
+		}
+		msleep(5);
+	}
+	async_synchronize_full();
+
+}
+
 static dev_t __init parse_root_device(char *root_device_name)
 {
 	if (!strncmp(root_device_name, "mtd", 3) ||
@@ -642,16 +662,8 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 	if (initrd_load(saved_root_name))
 		goto out;
 
-	/* wait for any asynchronous scanning to complete */
-	if ((ROOT_DEV == 0) && root_wait) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "Waiting for root device %s...\n",
-			saved_root_name);
-		while (!driver_probe_done() ||
-			(ROOT_DEV = name_to_dev_t(saved_root_name)) == 0)
-			msleep(5);
-		async_synchronize_full();
-	}
-
+	if (root_wait)
+		wait_for_root(saved_root_name);
 	mount_root(saved_root_name);
 out:
 	devtmpfs_mount();
-- 
2.39.2




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