linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] mm/zsmalloc: add __init,_

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Date:	Tue, 5 Jul 2016 10:00:28 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:	Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@...il.com>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] mm/zsmalloc: add __init,__exit attribute

Hello Ganesh,

On (07/04/16 17:21), Ganesh Mahendran wrote:
> > On (07/04/16 14:49), Ganesh Mahendran wrote:
> > [..]
> >> -static void zs_unregister_cpu_notifier(void)
> >> +static void __exit zs_unregister_cpu_notifier(void)
> >>  {
> >
> > this __exit symbol is called from `__init zs_init()' and thus is
> > free to crash.
> 
> I change code to force the code goto notifier_fail where the
> zs_unregister_cpu_notifier will be called.
> I tested with zsmalloc module buildin and built as a module.

sorry, not sure I understand what do you mean by this.


> Please correct me, if I miss something.

you have an __exit section function being called from
__init section:

static void __exit zs_unregister_cpu_notifier(void)
{
}

static int __init zs_init(void)
{
	zs_unregister_cpu_notifier();
}

it's no good.

	-ss