>> And from a purely theoretical >> perspective I don't think such references should be considered bad - >> .exit.* should be discarded together with .init.* if unloading is >> impossible (built-in or configured off), not before module/kernel >> initialization. > >Hmm, but that's not how things are, presently. __exit marked >functions are simply not linked into the kernel (when that module >is being built-in) at all -- this "discard" happens at _build time_ >(to save on kernel image size).
Not really, at least not for i386 and x86-64 - see their vmlinux.lds.S files. Jan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
