linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] Staging: rtl8192u: remove ieee80211_ccmp

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Date:	Sun, 4 Oct 2015 20:43:13 +0100
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Mike Dupuis <mike.dupuis.0@...il.com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Staging: rtl8192u: remove ieee80211_ccmp_null()


On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 10:46:05AM -0800, Mike Dupuis wrote:
> > And I think you just broke the "autoload" logic that these "call a null
> > function" function calls were trying to solve, which isn't good at all.
> 
> I guess this bit is lost on me-- how does calling a function from a
> previously unused object affect the state of a driver or kernel module?

It forces the module where that function is to be loaded into memory
before this function can be called.

That is if we have multiple modules here, I haven't looked at the code
in a long time to verify it, but note, you are totally ignoring the
comment put there in the code that says this.

greg k-h
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