linux-kernel - Re: [patch 5/3] fastboot: sync the async execution before late

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:14:59 -0700
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: [patch 5/3] fastboot: sync the async execution before
	late_initcall and move level 6s (sync) first

On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 09:00 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> @@ -775,6 +776,11 @@ static void __init do_initcalls(void)
>                 }
>                 if (phase == 1 && call >= __async_initcall_end)
>                         phase = 2;
> +               if (phase == 2 && call >= __device_initcall_end) {
> +                       phase = 3;
> +                       /* make sure all async work is done before level 7 */
> +                       flush_workqueue(async_init_wq);
> +               }
>                 if (phase != 1)
>                         do_one_initcall(*call);
>         }

Did this impact the boot time improvements at all?

Daniel

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