linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bus/omap_l3: avoid sync initcall for modules

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Message-ID: <177753046.dmVvfiu3Rn@wuerfel>
Date:	Tue, 13 May 2014 17:12:31 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bus/omap_l3: avoid sync initcall for modules

On Monday 12 May 2014 15:20:07 Tony Lindgren wrote:
> 
> How about instead let's add this into include/linux/module.h
> like we have for other initcalls:
> 
> #define postcore_initcall(fn)           module_init(fn)
> 
> There may be others missing too from there. BTW, this driver
> might be few of the drivers that actually might need to be
> initialized early for debugging to catch bad access from
> other drivers.

There is a comment above those defines saying:

/* Don't use these in loadable modules, but some people do... */

so I'm not sure if adding more would be appreciated.

	Arnd
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