Re: [PATCH] driver-core: devtmpfs - driver core maintained /dev tmpfs

[Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>]

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, Kay Sievers wrote:
...
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
>  #include <linux/idr.h>
>  #include <linux/ftrace.h>
>  #include <linux/async.h>
> +#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
>  #include <trace/boot.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/io.h>
> @@ -778,6 +779,7 @@ static void __init do_basic_setup(void)
>  	init_workqueues();
>  	cpuset_init_smp();
>  	usermodehelper_init();
> +	init_tmpfs();
>  	driver_init();
>  	init_irq_proc();
>  	do_initcalls();
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ static struct file_system_type tmpfs_fs_
>  	.kill_sb	= kill_litter_super,
>  };
>  
> -static int __init init_tmpfs(void)
> +int __init init_tmpfs(void)
>  {
>  	int error;
>  
> @@ -2687,5 +2687,3 @@ int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_stru
>  	vma->vm_ops = &shmem_vm_ops;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -
> -module_init(init_tmpfs)

I've no opinion on the big picture of your devtmpfs proposal.
But note that there's a second, !CONFIG_SHMEM, version of init_tmpfs()
also in mm/shmem.c - you'll want to take the "static " off that too,
for the tiny embedded case when ramfs is used to serve up tmpfs.

Hugh