Re: [PATCH] Give futex init a proper name

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:52:15 +1100 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@ozlabs.org> wrote:

> The futex init function is called init(). This is a pain in the neck
> when debugging when you code dies in ... init :-)
> 
> This renames it to futex_init().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
> ---
> 
>  kernel/futex.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-work.orig/kernel/futex.c	2008-03-27 14:50:11.000000000 +1100
> +++ linux-work/kernel/futex.c	2008-03-27 14:50:20.000000000 +1100
> @@ -2158,7 +2158,7 @@ static struct file_system_type futex_fs_
>  	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
>  };
>  
> -static int __init init(void)
> +static int __init futex_init(void)
>  {
>  	u32 curval;
>  	int i;
> @@ -2194,4 +2194,4 @@ static int __init init(void)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -__initcall(init);
> +__initcall(futex_init);

heh, I seem to remember doing about fifty of these in netfilter code a
while back.

You have a way to go - there are thirty-odd just in the crypto code.