1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/target/linux/patches/4.4.56/initramfs-nosizelimit.patch b/target/linux/patches/4.4.56/initramfs-nosizelimit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40d2f6bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/patches/4.4.56/initramfs-nosizelimit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+From 9a18df7a71bfa620b1278777d64783a359d7eb4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>
+Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 01:37:54 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] mount tmpfs-as-rootfs (initramfs) with -o
+ nr_blocks=0,nr_inodes=0
+
+I would have preferred to write this patch to be able to pass
+rootflags=nr_blocks=0,nr_inodes=0 on the kernel command line,
+and then hand these rootflags over to the initramfs (tmpfs)
+mount in the same way the kernel hands them over to the block
+device rootfs mount. But at least the Debian/m68k initrd also
+parses $rootflags from the environment and adds it to the call
+to the user-space mount for the eventual root device, which
+would make the kernel command line rootflags option be used in
+both places (tmpfs and e.g. ext4) which is guaranteed to error
+out in at least one of them.
+
+This change is intended to aid people in a setup where the
+initrd is the final root filesystem, i.e. not mounted over.
+This is especially useful in automated tests running on qemu
+for boards with constrained memory (e.g. 64 MiB on sh4).
+
+Considering that the initramfs is normally emptied out then
+overmounted, this change is probably safe for setups where
+initramfs just hosts early userspace, too, since the tmpfs
+backing it is not accessible any more later on, AFAICT.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>
+---
+ init/do_mounts.c | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
+index 82f2288..55a4cfe 100644
+--- a/init/do_mounts.c
++++ b/init/do_mounts.c
+@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ out:
+ }
+ 
+ static bool is_tmpfs;
++static char tmpfs_rootflags[] = "nr_blocks=0,nr_inodes=0";
+ static struct dentry *rootfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
+ 	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
+ {
+@@ -606,6 +607,9 @@ static struct dentry *rootfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
+ 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS) && is_tmpfs)
+ 		fill = shmem_fill_super;
+ 
++	if (is_tmpfs)
++		data = tmpfs_rootflags;
++
+ 	return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, data, fill);
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+2.0.0.rc0
+