>But then why not simply lose the __exit (and .exit.*) altogether? Because >__exit becomes redundant in the suggested changed semantics -- just mark >all the cleanup code as __init too (when it's built-in, the only >callsite for the >cleanup code would be from the startup code in .init.*, and when modular, >__init and __exit lose all relevance anyway).
Because of the non-builtin case (__init still has significance in the modular case, it's only __exit that doesn't). For the builtin case, __init could certainly be identical to __exit. 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/
