linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] configfs: init configfs module earlier at boot time

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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2015 10:34:18 +0300
From:	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...el.com>
To:	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...el.com>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] configfs: init configfs module earlier at boot time

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...el.com> wrote:
> We need this earlier in the boot process to allow various subsystems
> to use configfs (e.g Industrial IIO).
>
> Also, debugfs is at core_initcall level and configfs should be on
> the same level from infrastructure point of view.
>
> Suggested-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...el.com>
> ---
> First time I miscopied Joel's email address.
>
>  fs/configfs/mount.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/configfs/mount.c b/fs/configfs/mount.c
> index da94e41..5373567 100644
> --- a/fs/configfs/mount.c
> +++ b/fs/configfs/mount.c
> @@ -173,5 +173,5 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_VERSION("0.0.2");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Simple RAM filesystem for user driven kernel subsystem configuration.");
>
> -module_init(configfs_init);
> +core_initcall(configfs_init);
>  module_exit(configfs_exit);
> --


Hi Joel,

Did you get any chance to look into this? I am not sure
exactly who should take this, so I'm adding Greg.

The original patch can also be found here:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/18/751

Daniel.
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