Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 05:42:04PM +0300, Denis V. Lunev wrote:
>>
>> nothing is discarded after module load. Though, I can be wrong. Could
>> you point me to the exact place?
> If __initdata is not discarded after module load then we should do it.
> There is no reason to waste __initdata RAM when the module is loaded.
Down at the bottom of sys_init_module we have:
/* Drop initial reference. */
module_put(mod);
unwind_remove_table(mod->unwind_info, 1);
module_free(mod, mod->module_init);
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
mod->module_init = NULL;
mod->init_size = 0;
mod->init_text_size = 0;
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
return 0;
Which frees the memory for the .init sections.
Eric
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