linux-kernel - [PATCH] name_to_dev_t() must not call _

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Message-Id: <4D21F426020000780002A120@vpn.id2.novell.com>
Date:	Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:07:02 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...ell.com>
To:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] name_to_dev_t() must not call __init code

The function can't be __init itself (being called from some sysfs
handler), and hence none of the functions it calls can be either.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

---
 init/do_mounts.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2.6.37-rc8/init/do_mounts.c
+++ 2.6.37-rc8-do_mounts-sections/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ no_match:
  *
  * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.
  */
-static dev_t __init devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
+static dev_t devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
 {
 	dev_t res = 0;
 	struct device *dev = NULL;



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