linux-kernel - [PATCH] init - dont loose initcall code returned

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Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:21:01 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] init - dont loose initcall code returned

There is an ability to loose initcall returned code if it happened
with irq disabled or imbalanced preemption (and if we debug initcall)

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
---

Please review carefully - *ANY* comments are welcome!


Index: linux-2.6.git/init/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/init/main.c	2008-04-24 12:30:17.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.git/init/main.c	2008-04-24 22:13:22.000000000 +0400
@@ -698,7 +698,6 @@ static void __init do_initcalls(void)
 
 	for (call = __initcall_start; call < __initcall_end; call++) {
 		ktime_t t0, t1, delta;
-		char *msg = NULL;
 		char msgbuf[40];
 		int result;
 
@@ -727,23 +726,22 @@ static void __init do_initcalls(void)
 				(unsigned long) *call);
 		}
 
-		if (result && result != -ENODEV && initcall_debug) {
-			sprintf(msgbuf, "error code %d", result);
-			msg = msgbuf;
-		}
+		msgbuf[0] = 0;
+		if (result && result != -ENODEV && initcall_debug)
+			sprintf(msgbuf, "error code %d ", result);
 		if (preempt_count() != count) {
-			msg = "preemption imbalance";
+			strncat(msgbuf, "preemption imbalance", sizeof(msgbuf));
 			preempt_count() = count;
 		}
 		if (irqs_disabled()) {
-			msg = "disabled interrupts";
+			strncat(msgbuf, "disabled interrupts", sizeof(msgbuf));
 			local_irq_enable();
 		}
-		if (msg) {
+		if (msgbuf[0]) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "initcall at 0x%p", *call);
 			print_fn_descriptor_symbol(": %s()",
 					(unsigned long) *call);
-			printk(": returned with %s\n", msg);
+			printk(": returned with %s\n", msgbuf);
 		}
 	}
 
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