Re: 2.6.0-test6: a few __init bugs

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 02:58:12PM -0700, Robert T. Johnson wrote:
> ** Possible bug:
> ** drivers/pci/quirks.c:asus_hides_smbus_hostbridge()                  (__init)
>    in table: drivers/pci/quirks.c:pci_fixups                           (not __init)
>      indirect call f->hook(): drivers/pci/quirks.c:pci_do_fixups()     (not __init)
>        called by: drivers/pci/quirks.c:pci_fixup_device()              (not __init)
>          called by: drivers/pci/probe.c:pci_scan_slot()                (not __init)
>            called by lots of hotplug enable() functions, e.g.
>            drivers/pci/hotplug/ibmphp_core.c:ibm_configure_device()    (not __init)
>              called by drivers/pci/hotplug/ibmphp_core.c:enable_slot() (not __init)
> 
> Note: It looks like this may have been originally designed to initialize the
>       pci bus at startup, but has been re-used in the hotplug code, which means it 
>       can be run after the __init segments have gone away.
> 
> Fix: Delete all the __init declarations on the quirks hooks.

No, this was discussed a lot a year or so ago.  We don't currently have
anything in the quirks table that can be hotplug added as far as I know.
So it's safe for us to throw those quirk entries away.

Yeah, it doesn't make automated test tools easy for this case, sorry.

Hope this helps.

greg k-h