Messages in this thread | | | From | Christian Borntraeger <> | Subject | Re: [patch] ipv4: initialize arp_tbl rw lock | Date | Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:45:48 +0200 |
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As spinlock debugging still does not work with the qeth driver I want to pick up the discussion.
On Saturday 08 April 2006 12:12, Andrew Morton wrote: > Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> wrote: [...] > > -vmlinux-main := $(core-y) $(libs-y) $(drivers-y) $(net-y) > > +vmlinux-main := $(core-y) $(libs-y) $(net-y) $(drivers-y) > > <wonders what this will break>
What about putting this patch into mm and find out? > > I have a bad feeling that one day we're going to come unstuck with this > practice. Is there anything which dictates that the linker has to lay > sections out in .o-file-order? > > Perhaps net initcalls should be using something higher priority than > device_initcall().
I agree that the initcall order offers a lot of room for improvement (like dependencies). Is anybody aware of any work into this direction?
-- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards
Christian Borntraeger Linux Software Engineer zSeries Linux & Virtualization
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