Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762654AbWLKKwY (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:52:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762662AbWLKKwY (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:52:24 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:54089 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762654AbWLKKwX (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:52:23 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:52:19 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Olaf Hering Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [patch] pipe: Don't oops when pipe filesystem isn't mounted Message-ID: <20061211105219.GH4587@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <200612110436_MC3-1-D49E-FE59@compuserve.com> <20061211104857.GA16009@aepfle.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061211104857.GA16009@aepfle.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 901 Lines: 20 On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:48:57AM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > > Why not create a new initcall category for things that must run before > > early userspace? > > Why do you want to continue with papering over the root cause? > Pick some janitor, let him write something that implements something > like make style dependencies for initcalls. > Then you can get rid of all that foo_initcall stuff. > It surely needs work to get all that done. I would argue that _this_ is papering over the root cause. Namely, too complex ordering requirements. Growing a technics for allowing them to fester is an odd solution... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/