linux-kernel - Re: [patch] pipe: Don't oops when pipe filesystem isn't mounted

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Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:45:56 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Andrew MChuck Ebbert <76306.1226@...puserve.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds orton <akpm@...l.org>" <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] pipe: Don't oops when pipe filesystem isn't mounted

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.
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