Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:42:04 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: recent names_cachep change |
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> Greetings Alexander, > > I am not sure if you have seen the recent discussion on linux-kernel about > Ooopses in kmem_cache_alloc() which may suggest that there are users of > getname() before names_cachep is created (due to module_init nature of > namecache_init()). > > Have you given this some thought? I may be missing something obvious > (e.g. you may have proved a theorem that _no_ getname() user is possible > in principle before do_initcalls() is invoked?).
Not my patch. Yes, such scenarios are possible. I'll try to look through that stuff, but it certainly looks like namecache_init() must be moved to the group of explicit cache initializations (in kernel/main.c). Linus, your opinion? Cheers, Al
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