On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 11:44:08AM -0400, Tony Battersby wrote:
> In 2.4, include/linux/init.h has the following:
>
> #ifndef MODULE
> #define __init __attribute__ ((__section__ (".text.init")))
> #else
> #define __init
> #endif
>
> So __init has an effect only if it is built-in.
Ah yes, you're right.
> Apparently 2.6 also
> discards __init sections in modules after loading, but 2.4 doesn't. Of
> course, it is still a bug.
>
> Do you want me to redo the patch with __init taken out?
It would be better. As a general rule of thumb, an __init function should
not be called from a non __init, otherwise it is very hard to track the
call path.
Thanks,
Willy
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