switch-root: Ensure sysctl is run again after switching root#125
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Dracut normally copies all sysctl config to the initrd, but we may want to exclude platform-specific config because the initrd is shared between platforms. That config can be picked up from the OEM sysext after switching root. Signed-off-by: James Le Cuirot <jlecuirot@microsoft.com>
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I assume that this is for picking up sysctl files that are distributed with an OEM sysext, right? Is systemd-sysctl service ordered to run after systemd-{sys,conf}ext?
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If you mean we could just run it once, that would be much later in the boot process than it normally runs. If you're just checking whether I remembered that ordering for the second run, I did have that initially, but Kai's changes now mean that the sysexts are merged just before switching root (i.e. before systemd-sysext.service), so that ordering is unnecessary now. |
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I meant the latter. :) Thanks. |
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Dracut normally copies all sysctl config to the initrd, but we may want to exclude platform-specific config because the initrd is shared between platforms. That config can be picked up from the OEM sysext after switching root.
I have tested this manually with GCE.