Re: [PATCH 12/19] x86: define DPS root partition type UUIDs

On 15/06/2026 at 20:05, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 09:46:41AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> There are a lot of ways to do this. I'm just not a super big fan of the
>> current proposal.
>>
>> So, boiling it down:
>>
>> 1. Should more than one UUID be supported per kernel build?
>> 2. Should the UUIDs be defined in arch code or generic code?
>> 3. Kconfig or #ifdefs?
> 
> Further questions ... why do this in the kernel?

Most of the plumbing was already there so that the feature is still
tiny. It seems like a reasonable trade-off to me.

> Seems perfectly suited to be in initramfs where we can throw away the
> code after boot.

The added code uses the __init attribute for this exact reason: so that
its memory can be reclaimed after.

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Yours sincerely,
Vincent Mailhol