On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:01:40 -0800 (PST)
Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Al Viro wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 02:27:46AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > @@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ extern void setup_arch(char **);
> > > #define device_initcall_sync(fn) __define_initcall("6s",fn,6s)
> > > #define late_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("7",fn,7)
> > > #define late_initcall_sync(fn) __define_initcall("7s",fn,7s)
> > > +#define populate_rootfs_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("8",fn,8)
> > > +#define populate_rootfs_initcall_sync(fn) __define_initcall("8s",fn,8s)
> > > +#define rootfs_neeeded_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("9",fn,9)
> > > +#define rootfs_neeeded_initcall_sync(fn) __define_initcall("9s",fn,9s)
> >
> > Ewww.... After module_init()? Please, don't. Come on, if it can
> > be a module, it _must_ be ready to run late in the game.
>
> Yeah, I think you should just run "populate_rootfs()" just before
> "module_init" (which is the same as "device_initcall()").
>
> So perhaps somethign like this? (totally untested)
>
> Btw, if the linker sorts sections some way (does it?) we could probably
> just make the vmlinux.lds.S file do
>
> *(.initcall*.init)
>
> or something, and then just let special cases like this use
>
> __initcall(myfn, 5.1);
>
> to show that it's between levels 5 and 6. But that would depend on the
> linker section beign sorted alphabetically. Does anybody know if the
> linker sorts these things somehow?
>
> This patch is totally untested, but it looks obvious. It just says that
> we'll populate rootfs _after_ we've done the fs-level initcalls, but
> before we do any actual "device" initcalls.
>
> If any really core stuff needs user-land - tough titties, as they say.
>
> Linus
> ----
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> index 6e9fceb..7437cca 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> @@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
> *(.initcall4s.init) \
> *(.initcall5.init) \
> *(.initcall5s.init) \
> + *(.initcallrootfs.init) \
> *(.initcall6.init) \
> *(.initcall6s.init) \
> *(.initcall7.init) \
> diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
> index 5eb5d24..5a593a1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/init.h
> +++ b/include/linux/init.h
> @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ extern void setup_arch(char **);
> #define subsys_initcall_sync(fn) __define_initcall("4s",fn,4s)
> #define fs_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("5",fn,5)
> #define fs_initcall_sync(fn) __define_initcall("5s",fn,5s)
> +#define rootfs_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("rootfs",fn,rootfs)
> #define device_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("6",fn,6)
> #define device_initcall_sync(fn) __define_initcall("6s",fn,6s)
> #define late_initcall(fn) __define_initcall("7",fn,7)
Looks like this might break pcmcia which for some reason does firmware
requesting at fs_initcall level (drivers/pcmcia/ds.c).
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