linux-kernel - Re: don't use module_init in non-modular ... (was: Re: [PATCH] m68k: don't use module

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Date:	Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:40:18 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: don't use module_init in non-modular ... (was: Re: [PATCH] m68k:
 don't use module_init in non-modular mvme16x/rtc.c code)

Hi Paul,

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
> The rtc.o is built for obj-y, i.e. always built in.  It will
> never be modular, so using module_init as an alias for __initcall
> can be somewhat misleading.
>
> Fix this up now, so that we can relocate module_init from
> init.h into module.h in the future.  If we don't do this, we'd
> have to add module.h to obviously non-modular code, and that
> would be a worse thing.

The word "module" has different meanings: it can be a "loadable kernel module",
or just a "code module". include/linux/init.h seems to agree with this:
    /**
     * module_init() - driver initialization entry point
     * @x: function to be run at kernel boot time or module insertion
     *
     * module_init() will either be called during do_initcalls() (if
     * builtin) or at module insertion time (if a module).  There can only
     * be one per module.
     */
    #define module_init(x)  __initcall(x);

I can understand you want to restrict "module_init()" to real loadable
modules, but "device_initcall()" sounds like a real bad name or this.

Furthermore, many places that contain always compiled-in code and
currently only use module_init() should probably start using module_exit()
as well, to do the proper cleanups to make kexec work.

So I'm not really convinced this is the way we want to go...

> Note that direct use of __initcall is discouraged, vs. one
> of the priority categorized subgroups.  As __initcall gets
> mapped onto device_initcall, our use of device_initcall
> directly in this change means that the runtime impact is
> zero -- it will remain at level 6 in initcall ordering.
>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Cc: linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
>
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/mvme16x/rtc.c b/arch/m68k/mvme16x/rtc.c
> index 6ef7a81a3b12..1755e2f7137d 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/mvme16x/rtc.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/mvme16x/rtc.c
> @@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ static int __init rtc_MK48T08_init(void)
>         printk(KERN_INFO "MK48T08 Real Time Clock Driver v%s\n", RTC_VERSION);
>         return misc_register(&rtc_dev);
>  }
> -module_init(rtc_MK48T08_init);
> +device_initcall(rtc_MK48T08_init);

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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