@@ -378,7 +378,30 @@ static int handle(const char *name, umode_t mode, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid,
 		return handle_remove(name, dev);
 }
 
-static int devtmpfs_setup(void *p)
+static void __noreturn devtmpfs_work_loop(void)
+{
+	while (1) {
+		spin_lock(&req_lock);
+		while (requests) {
+			struct req *req = requests;
+			requests = NULL;
+			spin_unlock(&req_lock);
+			while (req) {
+				struct req *next = req->next;
+				req->err = handle(req->name, req->mode,
+						  req->uid, req->gid, req->dev);
+				complete(&req->done);
+				req = next;
+			}
+			spin_lock(&req_lock);
+		}
+		__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		spin_unlock(&req_lock);
+		schedule();
+	}
+}
+
+static int __init devtmpfs_setup(void *p)
 {
 	int err;
 

@@ -396,31 +419,18 @@ static int devtmpfs_setup(void *p)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int devtmpfsd(void *p)
+/*
+ * The __ref is because devtmpfs_setup needs to be __init for the routines it
+ * calls.  That call is done while devtmpfs_init, which is marked __init,
+ * synchronously waits for it to complete.
+ */
+static int __ref devtmpfsd(void *p)
 {
 	int err = devtmpfs_setup(p);
 
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	while (1) {
-		spin_lock(&req_lock);
-		while (requests) {
-			struct req *req = requests;
-			requests = NULL;
-			spin_unlock(&req_lock);
-			while (req) {
-				struct req *next = req->next;
-				req->err = handle(req->name, req->mode,
-						  req->uid, req->gid, req->dev);
-				complete(&req->done);
-				req = next;
-			}
-			spin_lock(&req_lock);
-		}
-		__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		spin_unlock(&req_lock);
-		schedule();
-	}
+	devtmpfs_work_loop();
 	return 0;
 }