initialize free lists when starting dbChannel

modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbChannel.c

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ void dbChannelInit (void)
     freeListInitPvt(&dbChannelFreeList,  sizeof(dbChannel), 128);
     freeListInitPvt(&chFilterFreeList,  sizeof(chFilter), 64);
     freeListInitPvt(&dbchStringFreeList, sizeof(epicsOldString), 128);
+    db_init_event_freelists();
 }
 
 static void chf_value(parseContext *parser, parse_result *presult)

modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbEvent.c

@@ -252,18 +252,15 @@ int dbel ( const char *pname, unsigned level )
 }
 
 /*
- * DB_INIT_EVENTS()
+ * DB_INIT_EVENT_FREELISTS()
  *
  *
- * Initialize the event facility for this task. Must be called at least once
- * by each task which uses the db event facility
+ * Initialize the free lists used by the event facility.
+ * Safe to be called multiple times.
  *
- * returns: ptr to event user block or NULL if memory can't be allocated
  */
-dbEventCtx db_init_events (void)
+void db_init_event_freelists (void)
 {
-    struct event_user * evUser;
-
     if (!dbevEventUserFreeList) {
         freeListInitPvt(&dbevEventUserFreeList,
             sizeof(struct event_user),8);
@@ -280,6 +277,22 @@ dbEventCtx db_init_events (void)
         freeListInitPvt(&dbevFieldLogFreeList,
             sizeof(struct db_field_log),2048);
     }
+}
+
+/*
+ * DB_INIT_EVENTS()
+ *
+ *
+ * Initialize the event facility for this task. Must be called at least once
+ * by each task which uses the db event facility
+ *
+ * returns: ptr to event user block or NULL if memory can't be allocated
+ */
+dbEventCtx db_init_events (void)
+{
+    struct event_user * evUser;
+
+    db_init_event_freelists();
 
     evUser = (struct event_user *)
         freeListCalloc(dbevEventUserFreeList);

modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbEvent.h

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ epicsShareFunc int db_post_events (
 typedef void * dbEventCtx;
 
 typedef void EXTRALABORFUNC (void *extralabor_arg);
+void db_init_event_freelists (void);
 epicsShareFunc dbEventCtx db_init_events (void);
 epicsShareFunc int db_start_events (
     dbEventCtx ctx, const char *taskname, void (*init_func)(void *),