On 13 May 2000, Gerd Knorr wrote:
> Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > just to let you know that bttv still panics on boot in 2.3.99-pre8.
> > (works as a module).
>
> Looks like a initialization order problem in procfs:
>
> diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.3.99-pre6/linux/fs/proc/generic.c linux/fs/proc/generic.c
> --- v2.3.99-pre6/linux/fs/proc/generic.c Tue Apr 11 15:09:23 2000
> +++ linux/fs/proc/generic.c Mon May 8 11:17:47 2000
> @@ -373,36 +373,30 @@
> static void proc_kill_inodes(struct proc_dir_entry *de)
> {
> struct list_head *p;
> - struct super_block *sb;
> + struct super_block *sb = proc_mnt->mnt_sb;
>
> This patch kills the kernel, proc_kill_inodes is called with proc_mnt
> being NULL. Can someone who knows procfs better than me please fix it?
So put the initialization of driver after the procfs one. It's not a
problem in procfs, it's problem in the driver. It has no business
registering the stuff in procfs before the thing is initialized, to start
with.
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