linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CIFS: Remove __exit mark from cifs_exit_dns

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Date:	Sun, 1 Aug 2010 14:40:59 +0200
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CIFS: Remove __exit mark from cifs_exit_dns_resolver()

Hello,

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 03:25:19PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Remove the __exit mark from cifs_exit_dns_resolver() as it's called by the
> module init routine in case of error, and so may have been discarded during
> linkage.
>From time to time I think about introducing something like
__init_or_exit that puts a function into .init.text if .exit.text is
discarded.  Is it worth the effort?

Best regards
Uwe

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