From: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>,
David Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] char: remove unnecessary module_init/exit functions
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:00:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260131020027.45775-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com> (raw)
Two char drivers have unnecessary module_init and module_exit functions
that are empty or just print a message. Remove them. Note that if a
module_init function exists, a module_exit function must also exist;
otherwise, the module cannot be unloaded.
Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/agp/backend.c | 16 ----------------
drivers/char/nsc_gpio.c | 14 --------------
2 files changed, 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/backend.c b/drivers/char/agp/backend.c
index 1776afd3ee07..5f0d9fc6455c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/backend.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/backend.c
@@ -323,18 +323,6 @@ int agp_try_unsupported_boot;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(agp_off);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(agp_try_unsupported_boot);
-static int __init agp_init(void)
-{
- if (!agp_off)
- printk(KERN_INFO "Linux agpgart interface v%d.%d\n",
- AGPGART_VERSION_MAJOR, AGPGART_VERSION_MINOR);
- return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit agp_exit(void)
-{
-}
-
#ifndef MODULE
static __init int agp_setup(char *s)
{
@@ -351,7 +339,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Dave Jones, Jeff Hartmann");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AGP GART driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL and additional rights");
MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(AGPGART_MINOR);
-
-module_init(agp_init);
-module_exit(agp_exit);
-
diff --git a/drivers/char/nsc_gpio.c b/drivers/char/nsc_gpio.c
index da930c72bc74..2c9b12b85435 100644
--- a/drivers/char/nsc_gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/char/nsc_gpio.c
@@ -121,20 +121,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nsc_gpio_write);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nsc_gpio_read);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nsc_gpio_dump);
-static int __init nsc_gpio_init(void)
-{
- printk(KERN_DEBUG NAME " initializing\n");
- return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit nsc_gpio_cleanup(void)
-{
- printk(KERN_DEBUG NAME " cleanup\n");
-}
-
-module_init(nsc_gpio_init);
-module_exit(nsc_gpio_cleanup);
-
MODULE_AUTHOR("Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NatSemi GPIO Common Methods");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
--
2.43.0
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