The patch titled
module_subsys: initialize earlier
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
module_subsys-initialize-earlier.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: module_subsys: initialize earlier
From: Mark Huang <mlhuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Initialize module_subsys earlier (or at least earlier than devices) since
it could be used very early in the boot process if kmod loads a module
before the device initcalls. Otherwise, kmod will crash in
kernel/module.c:mod_sysfs_setup() since the kset in module_subsys is not
initialized yet.
I only noticed this problem because occasionally, kmod loads the modules
for my SCSI and Ethernet adapters very early, during the boot process
itself. I don't quite understand why it loads them sometimes and doesn't
load them other times. Or who is telling kmod to do so. Can someone
explain?
Signed-off-by: Mark Huang <mlhuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/params.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN kernel/params.c~module_subsys-initialize-earlier kernel/params.c
--- a/kernel/params.c~module_subsys-initialize-earlier
+++ a/kernel/params.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ static int __init param_sysfs_init(void)
return 0;
}
-__initcall(param_sysfs_init);
+subsys_initcall(param_sysfs_init);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_set_byte);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_byte);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mlhuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
module_subsys-initialize-earlier.patch
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