initramfs-fix-initramfs-rebuilds-w-compression-after-disabling.patch removed from -mm tree

The patch titled
Subject: initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
initramfs-fix-initramfs-rebuilds-w-compression-after-disabling.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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From: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>
Subject: initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling

This is a follow-up to commit 57ddfdaa9a72 ("initramfs: fix disabling of initramfs (and its compression)"). This particular commit fixed the use case where we build the kernel with an initramfs with no compression, and then we build the kernel with no initramfs.

Now this still left us with the same case as described here:
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] not working with initramfs compression. This can be seen by the following steps/timestamps:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2598153.html

.initramfs_data.cpio.gz.cmd is correct:

cmd_usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz := /bin/bash ./scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh -o usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -u 1000 -g 1000 /home/fainelli/work/uclinux-rootfs/romfs /home/fainelli/work/uclinux-rootfs/misc/initramfs.dev

and was generated the first time we did generate the gzip initramfs, so the command has not changed, nor its arguments, so we just don't call it, no initramfs cpio is re-generated as a consequence.

The fix for this problem is just to properly keep track of the .initramfs_cpio_data.d file by suffixing it with the compression extension. This takes care of properly tracking dependencies such that the initramfs get (re)generated any time files are added/deleted etc.

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 usr/Makefile |    9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN usr/Makefile~initramfs-fix-initramfs-rebuilds-w-compression-after-disabling usr/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PHONY += klibcdirs
 
 suffix_y = $(subst $\",,$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION))
 datafile_y = initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y)
+datafile_d_y = .$(datafile_y).d
 AFLAGS_initramfs_data.o += -DINITRAMFS_IMAGE="usr/$(datafile_y)"
 
 

@@ -30,12 +31,12 @@ ramfs-args  := \
         $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID), -u $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID)) \
         $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID), -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID))
 
-# .initramfs_data.cpio.d is used to identify all files included
+# $(datafile_d_y) is used to identify all files included
 # in initramfs and to detect if any files are added/removed.
 # Removed files are identified by directory timestamp being updated
 # The dependency list is generated by gen_initramfs.sh -l
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d),)
-	include $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)),)
+	include $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)
 endif
 
 quiet_cmd_initfs = GEN     $@

@@ -53,5 +54,5 @@ $(deps_initramfs): klibcdirs
 # 3) If gen_init_cpio are newer than initramfs_data.cpio
 # 4) arguments to gen_initramfs.sh changes
 $(obj)/$(datafile_y): $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) klibcdirs
-	$(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d
+	$(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)
 	$(call if_changed,initfs)

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