On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 08:27:01PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 05:55:39PM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > > How about fs/for_init.c and putting the damn helpers there? With > > calling conventions as close to syscalls as possible, and a fat > > comment regarding their intended use being _ONLY_ the setup > > in should-have-been-done-in-userland parts of init? > > Where do you want the prototypes to go? Also do you want devtmpfs > use the same helpers, which then't can't be marked __init (mount, > chdir, chroot), or separate copies? Hmm... mount still can be __init (devtmpfs_mount() is), and I suspect devtmpfs_setup() could also be made such - just turn devtmpfsd() into static int __init devtmpfsd(void *p) { int err = devtmpfs_setup(p); if (!err) devtmpfsd_real(); /* never returns */ return err; } and you are done. As for the prototypes... include/linux/init_syscalls.h, perhaps?