Re: [PATCH] Remove errors caught by checkpatch.pl in kernel/utsname_sysctl.c

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Manish Katiyar wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Stefan Richter
> <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The changelog should note that this is a whitespace fix + initcall
>> annotation change.

Sorry, I didn't get the point of __initcall/device_initcall.  It's not
an annotation; it defines a call sequence level.

> Replace deprecated __initcall with equivalent device_initcall. Also
> fix whitespaces.
...
> --- a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
...
> @@ -142,4 +142,4 @@ static int __init utsname_sysctl_init(void)
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> -__initcall(utsname_sysctl_init);
> +device_initcall(utsname_sysctl_init);

It is equivalent, but is it also the most appropriate one?
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