On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 10:44:03PM +0900, aq wrote: > hello, > > I am reading source codes of some LSM modules (Linux Security Module), > and found that some use "module_init(xxxx)" to register module, but > others use "security_initcall(xxxx)" for that purpose. > > So my question is: what are the differences between these 2 ways of > register module? And what is the better way to do that? security_initcall() happens at a different point in time from module_init(). Basically it happens before module_init(). There are a wide range of different init call levels. See include/linux/init.h for the different levels, and which ones happen in which order. Hope this helps, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
