[PATCH] fs: Add 'rootfsflags' to set rootfs mount options

Rob Landley rob at landley.net
Fri Aug 8 07:38:36 PDT 2025


On 8/7/25 21:30, Dave Young wrote:
> I do see there are a few similar usages in init/do_mounts.c, probably
> it is old stuff and it just works.  But I think making rootfs_flags as
> an array and copying str into it is the right way.

The lifespan of the string ends before PID 1 gets launched. The copy 
would be unnecessary and either perform an allocation or impose a 
gratuitous length limit.

Rob



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