linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] shmem: use call

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803102211240.6396@blonde.site>
Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:15:38 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] shmem: use call_once()

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> This patch defers mounting tmpfs till shmem_file_setup() is
> called first time by using call_once().

Please explain why we might need this patch: is something changing
elsewhere?  Or are you misled by that "module_init(init_tmpfs)"
into thinking that mm/shmem.c is sometimes built modular?

Hugh
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