linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ftrace/module: remove ftrace module notifier

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Message-ID: <20160204103355.1f931c86@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:33:55 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:	Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.com>,
	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ftrace/module: remove ftrace module notifier

On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:21:20 +0100
Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:

> Ah, I see. ftrace_release_mod() is called there on an unexpected
> location. Error paths typically do actions in the reverse order
> in compare with the normal paths :-)

And that's why there's a comment above it describing why it's not in
the normal "reverse" location.

-- Steve