Re: [PATCH] shm: fix a race between shm_exit() and shm_init()

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Thu Aug 04 2011 - 04:26:44 EST


On 04/08/11 01:35, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> driver_init() is called from do_basic_setup(), before any initcall...
>
> Ok, thanks everybody. I think the proper fix is the attached patch.
> It's crazy to have usermode helpers enabled early during boot when
> init etc haven't even been set up.
>
> So does this finally fix the problem (I realize that there are other
> patches floating around that *also* fix it, so please test this
> without those other patches).

This patch alone doesn't cure the problem... However, if combined with
the pure_initcall patch, it boots correctly.

I'll try to gather some traces later today.

M.
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