linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] USB: composite: allow optional removal of __init and _

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Message-ID: <20100315180615.GC3857@gandalf>
Date:	Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:06:15 +0200
From:	Felipe Balbi <me@...ipebalbi.com>
To:	Michal Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] USB: composite: allow optional removal of __init and
 __exit tags

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 01:48:18PM +0100, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> The composite framework has been written using __init and __exit tags
> to mark init and exit functions as such.  This works with most of the
> composite gadgets however some may need to call init/exit functions
> during normal operations.  One example is mass storage gadget which
> needs to call exit functions.
> 
> This patch allows gadgets to define USB_NO_INIT_SEGMENT or
> USB_NO_EXIT_SEGMENT to remove the __init and __exit declarations
> from composite framework.

wouldn't it be the same as changing from __init to __devinit and __exit
to __devexit ??

-- 
balbi
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