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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-10-10 19:57:26 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-10-11 21:42:35 -0400
commitd6b2123802d2b7eee8c62cd0ebd73e8636cbb068 (patch)
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make sure that we always have a return path from kernel_execve()
The only place where kernel_execve() is called without a way to return to the caller of kernel_thread() callback is kernel_post(). Reorganize kernel_init()/kernel_post() - instead of the former calling the latter in the end (and getting freed by it), have the latter *begin* with calling the former (and turn the latter into kernel_thread() callback, of course). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r--init/main.c13
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index b28673087ac0..a490ffecb7b9 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -794,11 +794,11 @@ static void run_init_process(const char *init_filename)
kernel_execve(init_filename, argv_init, envp_init);
}
-/* This is a non __init function. Force it to be noinline otherwise gcc
- * makes it inline to init() and it becomes part of init.text section
- */
-static noinline int init_post(void)
+static void __init kernel_init_freeable(void);
+
+static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
{
+ kernel_init_freeable();
/* need to finish all async __init code before freeing the memory */
async_synchronize_full();
free_initmem();
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ static noinline int init_post(void)
"See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.");
}
-static int __init kernel_init(void * unused)
+static void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
{
/*
* Wait until kthreadd is all set-up.
@@ -890,7 +890,4 @@ static int __init kernel_init(void * unused)
* we're essentially up and running. Get rid of the
* initmem segments and start the user-mode stuff..
*/
-
- init_post();
- return 0;
}