linux-kernel - Re: wrong usage of __devexit_p and __exit

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:55:20 +0100
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: wrong usage of __devexit_p and __exit_p

Hello Sam,

> > Did you check that this did not introduce any new Section mismatch warnings?
> > We have seen several __exit annotated functions that was used from __init
> > annotated code or even from normal code.
> > Thus the __exit annotation was wrong in these cases.
> I wrote in the commit logs, that the functions are only used as argument
> to __{dev,}exit_p.  There are no direct calls. (IIRC there was only one
> exception that I checked manually.)
Actually the case I remembered here isn't part of the series.
 
> I think the __{dev,}exit_p wrappers are only used to define remove
> callbacks, so there should be no harm.
In the meantime I checked this:

	~/gsrc/linux-2.6$ git diff-tree -r linus/master expsec-master | cut -f 2 | xargs grep -h -E '__(dev)?exit_p'
		.remove		= __devexit_p(s3c_adc_remove),
		.remove		= __devexit_p(s3c_pwm_remove),
		.remove =	__devexit_p(virtblk_remove),
		.remove =	__devexit_p(virtrng_remove),
		.remove = __devexit_p(stli_pciremove)
		.remove   = __devexit_p(hifn_remove),
		.remove = __devexit_p(mpc85xx_pci_err_remove),
		.remove = __devexit_p(mv64x60_pci_err_remove),
		.remove		= __devexit_p(max7301_remove),
		.remove		= __devexit_p(bbc_remove),
		.remove		= __devexit_p(grover_remove),
		.remove		= __exit_p(pxa_camera_remove),
		.remove		= __devexit_p(asic3_remove),
		.remove   = __devexit_p(ilo_remove),
		.remove = __exit_p(mxcnd_remove),
		.remove =	__devexit_p(virtnet_remove),
		.remove		= __devexit_p(atp870u_remove),
		.remove		= __devexit_p(megaraid_detach_one),
		.remove		= __devexit_p(stex_remove),
		.remove		= __devexit_p(jsm_remove_one),
		.remove	= __devexit_p(sc26xx_driver_remove),
		.remove =	__devexit_p(spidev_remove),
		.remove	= __devexit_p(vhci_hcd_remove),
		.remove =	__devexit_p(virtballoon_remove),

So in the patched files __(dev)?exit_p is only used to fill struct
members.  Provided this is the only usage of the respective
functions---and I checked that---it doesn't make sense that they don't
live in .devexit.text (or .exit.text respectively).

Does it make sence for you, too?

Best regards
Uwe

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