On 17/07/07 10:31 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 10:02:48AM +0200, Domen Puncer wrote:
> > Introduce __init_exit, which is useful ie. for drivers that call
> > cleanup functions when they fail in __init functions.
> >
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ---
> > include/linux/init.h | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > Index: work-powerpc.git/include/linux/init.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- work-powerpc.git.orig/include/linux/init.h
> > +++ work-powerpc.git/include/linux/init.h
> > @@ -60,8 +60,10 @@
> >
> > #ifdef MODULE
> > #define __exit __attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text")))
> > +#define __init_exit
> > #else
> > #define __exit __attribute_used__ __attribute__
> > ((__section__(".exit.text")))
> > +#define __init_exit __init
> > #endif
> >
> > /* For assembly routines */
>
> This doesn't work on architectures like i386 where __exit code is
> discarded at runtime.
If it's a module, then it shouldn't be discarded until unload anyway.
If it's in-kernel, then it'll be discarded as __init stuff.
I don't see a problem?
BTW. can you point me to reasoning for discarding __exit at runtime?
Domen
>
> cu
> Adrian
>
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>
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