linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] hw_random: explicit ordering of initcalls

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:29:46 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] hw_random: explicit ordering of initcalls

hw-random device drivers depend on the hw-random core being
initialized. Make this ordering explicit, also for the case
these drivers are built-in. As the core itself depends on
misc_register() which is set up at subsys_initcall time,
advance the initialization of the core (only) to the
fs_initcall() level.

Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index a3db27916256..e860e044b19e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static void __exit hwrng_modexit(void)
 	unregister_miscdev();
 }
 
-module_init(hwrng_modinit);
+fs_initcall(hwrng_modinit); /* depends on misc_register() */
 module_exit(hwrng_modexit);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("H/W Random Number Generator (RNG) driver");
-- 
2.34.1