Re: [PATCH] fix big initramfs (was: [PATCH] gen_init_cpio fixes for

Andrew Morton (akpm@digeo.com)
Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:48:01 -0800

Anders Gustafsson <andersg@0x63.nu> wrote:
>
> Patch below makes the call to page_writeback_init() explicit in
> start_kernel, just before populate_rootfs().
>

Fair enough.

> +extern void page_writeback_init(void);

But please don't put declarations of external functions into .c. It is
always the wrong thing to do, even though others have done it...

writeback.h is a fine place for this declaration.
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