linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] regmap: debugfs: Fix a boot time crash with early regmap init

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Message-ID: <20131024125540.GF18506@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:55:40 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Tero Kristo <t-kristo@...com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] regmap: debugfs: Fix a boot time crash with early
 regmap init

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 03:03:41PM +0300, Tero Kristo wrote:

> If called early enough, regmap_debugfs_init causes a crash, if the
> fs subsystem does not have its mount cache created yet. Even if this
> would work, the root node for the regmap debugfs is still missing,
> thus postpone the regmap_debugfs_init in this case until the root
> node is created. A special regmap_debugfs_early list is created for
> this purpose which is parsed later in the boot.

Applied, thanks.

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