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    init: make initrd/initramfs decompression failure a KERN_EMERG event · 73310a16
    H. Peter Anvin authored
    
    
    Impact: More consistent behaviour, avoid policy in the kernel
    
    Upgrade/downgrade initrd/initramfs decompression failure from
    inconsistently a panic or a KERN_ALERT message to a KERN_EMERG event.
    It is, however, possible do design a system which can recover from
    this (using the kernel builtin code and/or the internal initramfs),
    which means this is policy, not a technical necessity.
    
    A good way to handle this would be to have a panic-level=X option, to
    force a panic on a printk above a certain level.  That is a separate
    patch, however.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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