linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] RISC-V: Setup init_mm before parse_early

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Message-ID: <20190115134410.GC13216@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 05:44:10 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>
Cc:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Anup Patel <anup.patel@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] RISC-V: Setup init_mm before parse_early_param()

On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 09:40:44PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
> From: Anup Patel <anup.patel@....com>
> 
> We should setup init_mm before doing parse_early_param()
> in setup_arch() to be consistent with setup_arch() of
> other architectures such as x86, ARM, and ARM64.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@....com>

Is there any good inherent reason why the order matters?  Not that I
really care either way..