linux-kernel - wrong usage of __devexit_p and __exit

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:50:57 +0100
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: wrong usage of __devexit_p and __exit_p

Hello,

I found several drivers that use __devexit_p and __exit_p on functions
that don't live in .devexit.text or .exit.text resp.

The impact is either that these functions use memory without being used
or that they don't link.

I send 24 patches as a reply to this mail.  I choosed to move the
functions into the respective function instead of using the right
__{dev,}exit_p wrapper because it seems to me to have less impact.

I didn't made the effort to find out the right people to Cc: but I hope
that Andrew takes care of that :-)

Best regards
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                              | Uwe Kleine-König            |
Industrial Linux Solutions                    | http://www.pengutronix.de/  |
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