[arch-projects] [RFC initscripts 29/29] Skip cryptos tagged as %early

[Matthew Monaco]

On 05/18/2012 05:50 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27 at 0x01b.net> wrote:
>> From: Matthew Monaco <matthew.monaco at 0x01b.net>
>>
>> We'll have the late hook in the initrd automatically map all volumes
>> with an %early tag. Skipping them here is up for discussion though, as
>> they should be skipped if they're mapped anyway.
> 
> I don't like this patch.
> 
> Actually, not sure if I like the %early tag in the first place (is
> this the syntax other distro's use as well?). I don't think there is
> any need for marking things as %early, the only time the initrd might
> read the real crypttab is after the rootfs has been mounted, and then
> it's only job is to set up whatever is needed to mount /usr. Or am I
> missing some setup we want to support where the initrd can not figure
> out which volumes to map? Notice that encrypting /usr is almost
> entirely pointless, so we should be very hesitant to add syntax just
> to  support this.
> 

I did this in response for two feature requests asking for more flexibility in
the initrd. Without much code the %early tag allows for an arbitrary number of
mounts. Others are not using tags like this, but sysd ignores unknown options so
it should be safe.

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