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

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803111323130.18261@blonde.site>
Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:41:54 +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, William Irwin <wli@...omorphy.com>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] shmem: use call_once()

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> 2008/3/11, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>:
> > 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?
> 
> If no processes call shmem_file_setup() (via shm_get(2)), it is unnecessary
                                       or shmem_zero_setup, not very common
> to do vfs_kern_mount(&tmpfs_fs_type, ...) unconditionary in boot-time.
> So I thought it is suitable example to demonstrate how to use "call_once()"
> in this patch set.

Oh, I see, thanks.  Well, I don't feel all that strongly about it; but
on the whole I'd prefer we leave it as part of the __init, than change
it around to provide this example (and risk introducing some weird issue
e.g. related to its "dev"?).  I guess the same should go for the huge
and the tiny, whereas you have better justification in the idr case.
Call me over-cautious.

Hugh
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