linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] make INIT_FS use the __RW_LOCK

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:28:07 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sam@...nborg.org
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, rostedt@...dmis.org, vapier.adi@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make INIT_FS use the __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED initialization

From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:22:28 +0100

> > 
> > Guys, let's not take it to init/main.c, please.  That file is basically
> > a trashcan and I'd rather take that stuff to more or less relevant places
> > in kernel/* and fs/*.  FWIW, I've done that with init_files (fs/file.c)
> > some time ago.  For init_fs...  Hell knows.  Might make sense to take
> > that to separate file, actually (kernel/exit.c and kernel/fork.c bits
> > related to fs_struct).
> > 
> > BTW, why does sparc64 export put_fs_struct?
> I have sent a patch to davem now to get it removed.

It was used by the sunos and solaris syscall compat layers, which were
removed recently.
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