Re: initcall warnings in 2.6.17

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Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I still get
> 
> initcall at 0xffffffff807414c2: pci_iommu_init+0x0/0x501(): returned with error code -1

Should be returning -ENODEV.

> initcall at 0xffffffff80748b4d: init_autofs4_fs+0x0/0xc(): returned with error code -16

hm.  Why'd that happen?

> initcall at 0xffffffff803c7d5c: init_netconsole+0x0/0x6b(): returned with error code -22

Yeah.  I think netconsole is just being wrong here.  If it wasn't enabled
there's no error.

> initcall at 0xffffffff80249307: software_resume+0x0/0xcf(): returned with error code -2

Similarly, there's no resume file configured so should we really consider
this an error?


> I'm not sure it was that good an idea to enable this warning by default in 2.6.17.
> It will be still in the release and probably generate some user queries.
> 
> Might be better to disable it for 2.6.17 again and only reenable for 2.6.18 after
> some auditing?
> 

Yes, I'm inclined to agree.  It's finding some real but very minor
problems.  Probably too minor to be scaring users.  I'll cook up a patch to
move it under `initcall_debug'.

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