[PATCH] module_subsys: initialize earlier
Initialize module_subsys earlier (or at least earlier than devices) since
it could be used very early in the boot process if kmod loads a module
before the device initcalls. Otherwise, kmod will crash in
kernel/module.c:mod_sysfs_setup() since the kset in module_subsys is not
initialized yet.
I only noticed this problem because occasionally, kmod loads the modules
for my SCSI and Ethernet adapters very early, during the boot process
itself. I don't quite understand why it loads them sometimes and doesn't
load them other times. Or who is telling kmod to do so. Can someone
explain?
Signed-off-by: Mark Huang <mlhuang@cs.princeton.edu>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 63d432d..f406655 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
return 0;
}
-__initcall(param_sysfs_init);
+subsys_initcall(param_sysfs_init);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_set_byte);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_get_byte);