linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 2/2] cciss: add shutdown support (replaces reboot notifier)

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Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:55:01 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
Cc:	"Mike Miller (OS Dev)" <mikem@...rdog.cca.cpqcorp.net>,
	akpm@...l.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...ell.com, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [Patch 2/2] cciss: add shutdown support (replaces reboot notifier)

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 03:49:38PM -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 15:38 -0600, Mike Miller (OS Dev) wrote:
> >         .remove = __devexit_p(cciss_remove_one),
> >         .id_table = cciss_pci_device_id,        /* id_table */
> > +       .shutdown = cciss_remove_one,
> 
> You need a __devexit_p() wrapper for this one too.

No.  We want to call this even in the non-modular, non-hotplug
case.  So we should remove __devexit from cciss_remove_one.  Or
alternatively implement a separate cciss_shutdown that just does
the nessecary cache flushing, like most other drivers do.
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