The patch titled init/do_mounts.c: name_to_dev_t() must not call __init code has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is name_to_dev_t-must-not-call-__init-code.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: init/do_mounts.c: name_to_dev_t() must not call __init code From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> The function can't be __init itself (being called from some sysfs handler), and hence none of the functions it calls can be either. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/do_mounts.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN init/do_mounts.c~name_to_dev_t-must-not-call-__init-code init/do_mounts.c --- a/init/do_mounts.c~name_to_dev_t-must-not-call-__init-code +++ a/init/do_mounts.c @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ no_match: * * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure. */ -static dev_t __init devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str) +static dev_t devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str) { dev_t res = 0; struct device *dev = NULL; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch name_to_dev_t-must-not-call-__init-code.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html