2015-04-02 07:34:23

by Daniel Baluta

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Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] configfs: init configfs module earlier at boot time

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Daniel Baluta <[email protected]> wrote:
> We need this earlier in the boot process to allow various subsystems
> to use configfs (e.g Industrial IIO).
>
> Also, debugfs is at core_initcall level and configfs should be on
> the same level from infrastructure point of view.
>
> Suggested-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <[email protected]>
> ---
> First time I miscopied Joel's email address.
>
> fs/configfs/mount.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/configfs/mount.c b/fs/configfs/mount.c
> index da94e41..5373567 100644
> --- a/fs/configfs/mount.c
> +++ b/fs/configfs/mount.c
> @@ -173,5 +173,5 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_VERSION("0.0.2");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Simple RAM filesystem for user driven kernel subsystem configuration.");
>
> -module_init(configfs_init);
> +core_initcall(configfs_init);
> module_exit(configfs_exit);
> --


Hi Joel,

Did you get any chance to look into this? I am not sure
exactly who should take this, so I'm adding Greg.

The original patch can also be found here:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/18/751

Daniel.