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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