[PATCH] Add retain_initrd boot option
Add retain_initrd option to control freeing of initrd memory after
extraction. By default, free memory as previously.
The first boot will need to hold a copy of the in memory fs for the second
boot. This image can be large (much larger than the kernel), hence we can
save time when the memory loader is slow. Also, it reduces the memory
footprint while extracting the first boot since you don't need another copy
of the fs.
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 25d2985..d25acd5 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1396,6 +1396,8 @@
in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
+ retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
+
rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
Set number of hash buckets for route cache
diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 4fa0f79..00eff7a 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -491,6 +491,17 @@
return message;
}
+static int __initdata do_retain_initrd;
+
+static int __init retain_initrd_param(char *str)
+{
+ if (*str)
+ return 0;
+ do_retain_initrd = 1;
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("retain_initrd", retain_initrd_param);
+
extern char __initramfs_start[], __initramfs_end[];
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
#include <linux/initrd.h>
@@ -501,7 +512,11 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
unsigned long crashk_start = (unsigned long)__va(crashk_res.start);
unsigned long crashk_end = (unsigned long)__va(crashk_res.end);
+#endif
+ if (do_retain_initrd)
+ goto skip;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
/*
* If the initrd region is overlapped with crashkernel reserved region,
* free only memory that is not part of crashkernel region.
@@ -519,7 +534,7 @@
} else
#endif
free_initrd_mem(initrd_start, initrd_end);
-
+skip:
initrd_start = 0;
initrd_end = 0;
}