mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: len.brown@intel.com, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Use of __init in asus_acpi.c + sony_acpi.c?
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:42:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060226094206.GA9871@mars.ravnborg.org> (raw)

When running the section mismatch check on latest -mm I see:

WARNING: drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.o - Section mismatch: reference to \
.init.text:asus_hotk_add from .data between 'asus_hotk_driver' (at \
offset 0xe0) and 'model_conf'
WARNING: drivers/acpi/sony_acpi.o - Section mismatch: reference to \
.init.text:sony_acpi_add from .data between 'sony_acpi_driver' (at \
offset 0xe0) and 'sony_acpi_values'
WARNING: drivers/acpi/sony_acpi.o - Section mismatch: reference to    \
.exit.text:sony_acpi_remove from .data between 'sony_acpi_driver' (at \
offset 0xe8) and 'sony_acpi_values'

Browsing the source I see that this is assignments to struct acpi_driver
structure:

static struct acpi_driver asus_hotk_driver = {
	.name = ACPI_HOTK_NAME,
	.class = ACPI_HOTK_CLASS,
	.ids = ACPI_HOTK_HID,
	.ops = {
		.add = asus_hotk_add,          <==== __init
		.remove	= asus_hotk_remove,
	},
};


>From browsing the code I cannot see when this happens.
In asus_acpi.c and sony_acpi.c the .add and .remove methods are
declared __init/__exit indicating that the add method is solely used
during early init of the module.

Is it correct that acpi_bus_register_driver() is only called during the
early init phase of a drivers and so we can discard the .add methods
after first usage?

Likewise for .remove that this is only used when a module is unloaded
and so can be discarded when builtin?

Either asus_acpi.c and sony_acpi.c needs updates or the rest of
acpi_driver needs an update (fails to use __init, __exit).

	Sam



             reply	other threads:[~2006-02-26  9:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-26  9:42 Sam Ravnborg [this message]
2006-03-01 19:15 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-03-01 20:51   ` [PATCH] ACPI: remove __init/__exit from Asus and Sony .add()/.remove() methods Bjorn Helgaas

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20060226094206.GA9871@mars.ravnborg.org \
    --to=sam@ravnborg.org \
    --cc=len.brown@intel.com \
    --cc=linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®