Re: [PATCH] automatic module_init ordering

[Rusty Russell]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208062031040.28515-100000@serv> you write:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
> > > - I use a separate initcall for the module initialization, that's the
> > > only way I can solve my IDE problems.
> >
> > That's horrible 8(  I think we need figure out why this is happening:
> > do you know?  What does it actually need?
> 
> I think pci initialization.
> 
> > I've updated my explicit core initcalls patch on top of your new one,
> > thanks!
> >
> > 	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/Misc/ordered-core-i
nitcalls.patch.2.5.30.gz
> 
> I'm not sure we should go this way. My main problem is that it only solves
> a single ordering problem - boot time ordering. What about suspend/wakeup?
> We have more of these ordering problems and driverfs is supposed to help
> with them, so I'd rather first would like to see how much we can fix this
> way.

suspend/wakeup is a device issue, solved well by devicefs.  This is
completely independent from the subtleties of initialization order in
the core kernel code: devices are not the problem.

Look at how many places have explicit initializers with #ifdef
CONFIG_XXX around them, because initialization order problems were too
hard before.  These can now be fixed as desired.

I really want *one* place where you can see what order things are
initalized.  If that means one big file with #ifdef's, fine.  But the
current approach of using link order, initializer levels and explicit
initializers is really hard to debug and modify.

Rusty.
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