linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.26-rc5-mm1: uml link error

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:08:51 +0200
From:	Peter 1 Oberparleiter <Peter.Oberparleiter@...ibm.com>
To:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
Cc:	akpm@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	oberparleiter@...glemail.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.26-rc5-mm1: uml link error

Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com> wrote on 10.06.2008 15:57:29:

> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 01:19:27PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > Hmm, uml still doesn't boot with this patch, it dies while calling the
> > constructors.  So maybe that SORT contruct is still needed?
> > 
> > #17 0x08049793 in do_ctors () at init/main.c:706
> > #18 0x080499cc in do_basic_setup () at init/main.c:789
> > #19 0x08049a43 in kernel_init (unused=0x0) at init/main.c:897
> 
> This doesn't look like it's in do_initcalls.  What happens with
> "initcall_debug"?

Constructor calls inside the kernel happen just before any other
initcall. The problem here is that constructors are called from both
the host run-time environment as well as from the kernel. I'm
working on a patch that disables kernel constructor calling for UML.


Regards,
  Peter
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