Hi Sukanto On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Sukanto Ghosh <sukanto.cse.iitb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am kind of lost trying to figure out how can kmallocs work if they > are called before kmem_cache_init > > (e.g. such a case occurs when in start_kernel() we call > parse_early_param() (which in turn might call > early_serial8250_setup() if earlycon= is used in kernel command-line) > before mm_init() (which later calls > kmem_cache_init() ) I don't think that you're allowed to call kmalloc during early_setup. I don't see where early_serial8250_setup calls kmalloc. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.davehylands.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
