On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 09:27:33AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote: > * Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> [140513 08:13]: > > On Monday 12 May 2014 15:20:07 Tony Lindgren wrote: > > > > > > How about instead let's add this into include/linux/module.h > > > like we have for other initcalls: > > I mean include/linux/init.h naturally.. > > > > #define postcore_initcall(fn) module_init(fn) > > > > > > There may be others missing too from there. BTW, this driver > > > might be few of the drivers that actually might need to be > > > initialized early for debugging to catch bad access from > > > other drivers. > > > > There is a comment above those defines saying: > > > > /* Don't use these in loadable modules, but some people do... */ > > > > so I'm not sure if adding more would be appreciated. > > > > Arnd > > Well "some" in that comment is probably an understatement :) > > $ git grep _initcall drivers/ | wc -l > 737 > > I did not look what percentage has tristate in the Kconfig, > but that might keep some people from making loadable drivers. > > Greg, is the following patch something you may want to > consider picking up?
Sure, is this needed to fix issues in 3.15-final, or is 3.16-rc1 ok? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
