linux-kernel - [PATCH] module: module_unload

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Date:	Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:32:20 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] module: module_unload_init() cleanup

No need to clear mod->refptr in module_unload_init(), since
alloc_percpu() already clears allocated chunks.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 kernel/module.c |    4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 0129769..15acb25 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -524,10 +524,6 @@ static void module_unload_init(struct module *mod)
 	int cpu;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mod->modules_which_use_me);
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		per_cpu_ptr(mod->refptr, cpu)->incs = 0;
-		per_cpu_ptr(mod->refptr, cpu)->decs = 0;
-	}
 
 	/* Hold reference count during initialization. */
 	__this_cpu_write(mod->refptr->incs, 1);


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