linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/21] devtmpfs: refactor devtmpfsd()

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Message-ID: <20200726082118.GA17726@lst.de>
Date:   Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:21:18 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/21] devtmpfs: refactor devtmpfsd()

On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 09:43:06AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 09:13:39AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Split the main worker loop into a separate function.  This allows
> > devtmpfsd itself and devtmpfsd_setup to be marked __init, which will
> > allows us to call __init routines for the setup work.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/base/devtmpfs.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> >  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> Nice cleanup, thanks for doing this:

This was actualy Als idea, I should have probably mentioned that.