linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: register filesystem last

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Message-Id: <20180309144938.d308e0bf98fb6b5bbcb82189@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 9 Mar 2018 14:49:38 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: register filesystem last

On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 01:27:09 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> As soon as register_filesystem() exits, filesystem can be mounted.
> It is better to present fully operational /proc.
> 
> Of course it doesn't matter because /proc is not modular
> but do it anyway.
> 
> Drop error check, it should be handled by panicking.

So... shouldn't we add a call to panic()?