netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tun: add __exit annotations to module exit func tun

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Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:23:37 +0800
From: "Ziyang Xuan (William)" <william.xuanziyang@...wei.com>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
CC: <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>, <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	<davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
	<pabeni@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tun: add __exit annotations to module exit func
 tun_cleanup()

> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 07:27:59PM +0800, Ziyang Xuan (William) wrote:
>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 04:30:00PM +0800, Ziyang Xuan wrote:
>>>> Add missing __exit annotations to module exit func tun_cleanup().
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ziyang Xuan <william.xuanziyang@...wei.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/net/tun.c | 2 +-
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
>>>> index 973b2fc74de3..291c118579a9 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
>>>> @@ -3740,7 +3740,7 @@ static int __init tun_init(void)
>>>>  	return ret;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> -static void tun_cleanup(void)
>>>> +static void __exit tun_cleanup(void)
>>>
>>> Why __exit and not __net_exit?
>>
>> tun_cleanup() is a module exit function. it corresponds to tun_init().
>> tun_init() uses __init, so tun_cleanup() uses __exit.
> 
> __net_init is equal to __init.

That is not. They are equal when CONFIG_NET_NS is not enabled.
Refer to the definition of __net_init and __net_eixt in include/net/net_namespace.h.

> 
>>
>> Thank you!
>> William Xuan
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>>  {
>>>>  	misc_deregister(&tun_miscdev);
>>>>  	rtnl_link_unregister(&tun_link_ops);
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.25.1
>>>>
>>>>
>>> .
>>>
> .
>