Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:

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> Second try; this time with a doc-update, and the ability to remount normally.
> 
> Tested against 2.6.23.
> 
> ---
> 
> This patch introduces a rootdir kernel boot parameter, which specifies the
> path to the kernel sys_chroot boot dir.
> 
> This is useful for systems that have more than one distribution installed on
> the same fs/partition.

1) This is useful for booting a rescue or test system, too. In those cases,
   you might want to have the old root moved somewhere.
   (Always "$rootdir/oldroot"? Additional parameter? I'm not sure ...)

2) You use a static buffer, but you don't check for bad return values of
   strlcat().

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