linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] Fix various section mismatches and build errors.

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Message-ID: <20110629151424.GD18023@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:14:24 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...ux.intel.com, bcasavan@....com, airlied@...ux.ie,
	grundler@...isc-linux.org, perex@...ex.cz, rpurdie@...ys.net,
	klassert@...hematik.tu-chemnitz.de, tj@...nel.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] Fix various section mismatches and build errors.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 08:58:19AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> I think we should simply concentrate on __init and __exit; that's where
> most of the discard value lies and stop expending huge efforts on the
> __devX stuff which adds huge complexity for no real gain.

I have long felt that those __devX markings should just go away as they
cause nothing but problems and have no real gain as you point out.

greg k-h
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