linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] netdevsim: remove incorrect __net

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Date:   Wed, 4 Apr 2018 17:42:11 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdevsim: remove incorrect __net_initdata annotations

On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 5:33 PM, David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> On 4/4/18 6:12 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> The __net_initdata section cannot currently be used for structures that
>> get cleaned up in an exitcall using unregister_pernet_operations:
>>

>
> I am confused ... I do the same thing in the VRF driver and that code
> has been there since June 2017.

I don't see any exit call in that driver, the only caller of
unregister_pernet_operations() there is in the init function itself,
and the module cannot be removed.

     Arnd