Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:15:32 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] staging: irda: fix init level for irda core | From | David Miller <> |
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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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