tree 4195dba6ed5c20fafc4d790167600433841f125e
parent 23a22d57a8962479ca630c9542e62d6f86fdf927
author H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> 1231961315 -0800
committer H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> 1231961315 -0800

init: make initrd/initramfs decompression failure a KERN_EMERG event

Impact: More consistent behaviour, avoid policy in the kernel

Upgrade/downgrade initrd/initramfs decompression failure from
inconsistently a panic or a KERN_ALERT message to a KERN_EMERG event.
It is, however, possible do design a system which can recover from
this (using the kernel builtin code and/or the internal initramfs),
which means this is policy, not a technical necessity.

A good way to handle this would be to have a panic-level=X option, to
force a panic on a printk above a certain level.  That is a separate
patch, however.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>