Re: [PATCH 4/5] leds: clevo-mail: fix incorrect placement of __initdata marker

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On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 02:14:49PM +0900, Jingoo Han wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-clevo-mail.c b/drivers/leds/leds-clevo-mail.c
>> index d93e245..5974810 100644
>> --- a/drivers/leds/leds-clevo-mail.c
>> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-clevo-mail.c
>> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Márton Németh <nm127@xxxxxxxxxxx>");
>>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Clevo mail LED driver");
>>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>>
>> -static bool __initdata nodetect;
>> +static bool nodetect __initdata;
>>  module_param_named(nodetect, nodetect, bool, 0);
>>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(nodetect, "Skip DMI hardware detection");
> not sure why I'm on Cc, but yes, the change is in line with gcc docs.
> But I wonder if __initdata is ok for a variable backing a module
> parameter as it appears in /sys. Does
>
>         cat /sys/module/leds-clevo-mail/parameters/nodetect
>
> result in an oops? If yes, better drop the __initdata instead of moving
> it.

Agree with Uwe, I think we'd better drop it. It is not right for a
module parameter.

And please update a previous similar patch as well.

Thanks,
-Bryan
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