linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] kernel/params.c: defer most of param_sysfs_init() to late

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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:13:56 +0200
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] kernel/params.c: defer most of param_sysfs_init() to late_initcall time

param_sysfs_init(), and in particular param_sysfs_builtin() is rather
time-consuming; for my board, it currently takes about 30ms.

That amounts to about 3% of the time budget I have from U-Boot hands
over control to linux and linux must assume responsibility for keeping
the external watchdog happy.

We must still continue to initialize module_kset at subsys_initcall
time, since otherwise any request_module() would fail in
mod_sysfs_init(). However, the bulk of the work in
param_sysfs_builtin(), namely populating /sys/module/*/version and/or
/sys/module/*/parameters/ for builtin modules, can be deferred to
late_initcall time - there's no userspace yet anyway to observe
contents of /sys or the lack thereof.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
---
 kernel/params.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 8d4e9a3f0df2..a06f80c56f19 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -953,7 +953,11 @@ struct kobj_type module_ktype = {
 };
 
 /*
- * param_sysfs_init - wrapper for built-in params support
+ * param_sysfs_init - create "module" kset
+ *
+ * This must be done before the initramfs is unpacked and
+ * request_module() thus becomes possible, because otherwise the
+ * module load would fail in mod_sysfs_init.
  */
 static int __init param_sysfs_init(void)
 {
@@ -964,11 +968,24 @@ static int __init param_sysfs_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	return 0;
+}
+subsys_initcall(param_sysfs_init);
+
+/*
+ * param_sysfs_builtin_init - add sysfs version and parameter
+ * attributes for built-in modules
+ */
+static int __init param_sysfs_builtin_init(void)
+{
+	if (!module_kset)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	version_sysfs_builtin();
 	param_sysfs_builtin();
 
 	return 0;
 }
-subsys_initcall(param_sysfs_init);
+late_initcall(param_sysfs_builtin_init);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
-- 
2.37.2