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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 net-next] staging: irda: fix init level for irda core
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:16:49 +0200

> When moving the IRDA code out of net/ into drivers/staging/irda/net, the
> link order changes when IRDA is built into the kernel. That causes a
> kernel crash at boot time as netfilter isn't initialized yet.
>
> To fix this, move the init call level of the irda core to be
> device_initcall() as the link order keeps this being initialized at the
> correct time.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>
> v3 - just change the initcall level, works so much simpler, thanks to
> DaveM for the idea.
> v2 - don't force irda to be a module, make the Makefiles put irda back
> where it was before in the link order.

Applied, thanks for following up on this Greg.

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