linux-kernel - [patch 4/3] fastboot: hold the BKL over the async init call sequence

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:59:24 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Subject: [patch 4/3] fastboot: hold the BKL over the async init call
 sequence

From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] fastboot: hold the BKL over the async init call sequence

Regular init calls are called with the BKL held; make sure
the async init calls are also called with the BKL held.
While this reduces parallelism a little, it does provide
lock-for-lock compatibility. The hit to prallelism isn't too
bad, most of the init calls are done immediately or actually
block for their delays.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
---
 init/main.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index bf79b83..dcb2c32 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -746,8 +746,14 @@ static void __init do_async_initcalls(struct work_struct *dummy)
 {
 	initcall_t *call;
 
+	/*
+	 * For compatibility with normal init calls... take the BKL
+	 * not pretty, not desirable, but compatibility first
+	 */
+	lock_kernel();
 	for (call = __async_initcall_start; call < __async_initcall_end; call++)
 		do_one_initcall(*call);
+	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
 static struct workqueue_struct *async_init_wq;
-- 
1.5.5.1

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