linux-kernel - [PATCH] uprobes: Kill module_init() and module

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Message-ID: <20131031182822.GA11891@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:28:22 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	David Long <dave.long@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] uprobes: Kill module_init() and module_exit()

Turn module_init() into __initcall() and kill module_exit().

This code can't be compiled as a module so these module_*()
calls only add the confusion, especially if arch-dependant
code needs its own initialization hooks.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |    7 +------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index ae9e1d2..0012c8e 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1941,9 +1941,4 @@ static int __init init_uprobes(void)
 
 	return register_die_notifier(&uprobe_exception_nb);
 }
-module_init(init_uprobes);
-
-static void __exit exit_uprobes(void)
-{
-}
-module_exit(exit_uprobes);
+__initcall(init_uprobes);
-- 
1.5.5.1


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