linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CIFS: Remove __exit mark from cifs_exit_dns

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Date:	Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:17:56 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CIFS: Remove __exit mark from cifs_exit_dns_resolver()

Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> wrote:

> From time to time I think about introducing something like
> __init_or_exit that puts a function into .init.text if .exit.text is
> discarded.  Is it worth the effort?

It might be worth including __exit stuff in __init if we would otherwise have
discarded it.  Otherwise there's liable to be a bunch of stuff that we could
otherwise discard left hanging around permanently.  But your suggestion would
work too.

David
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