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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c index fe56e72f9463..5f8b583c6e41 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c +++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c @@ -1297,7 +1297,14 @@ static int __init vmballoon_init(void) return 0; } -module_init(vmballoon_init); + +/* + * Using late_initcall() instead of module_init() allows the balloon to use the + * VMCI doorbell even when the balloon is built into the kernel. Otherwise the + * VMCI is probed only after the balloon is initialized. If the balloon is used + * as a module, late_initcall() is equivalent to module_init(). + */ +late_initcall(vmballoon_init); static void __exit vmballoon_exit(void) { |