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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:28:32 +0400 From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@...ru> To: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org> CC: davem@...emloft.net, devel@...nvz.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, containers@...ts.osdl.org, benjamin.thery@...l.net, clg@...ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove __net_initdata attribute Dave, I am sorry, plz disregard the patch :( - if the file is a part of the kernel, __exit (and pernet_unregister) will never called and should be dropped - if the file is a part of a module, __init is NOT dropped on the module loading stage So, we can still make embedded people happy :) Thanks Pavel to pointing me this out. Denis V. Lunev wrote: > The discussion with Eric W. Biederman reveals that the concept for > __net_initdata is bogus. The ->exit method of pernet_operations > should be called during module exit. > > So, discard this attribute. > > Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@...nvz.org> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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