On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 12:20:03PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Eliminate anonymous module_init() and module_exit(), which can lead to
> confusion or ambiguity when reading System.map, crashes/oops/bugs,
> or an initcall_debug log.
>
> Give each of these init and exit functions unique driver-specific
> names to eliminate the anonymous names.
>
> Example 1: (System.map)
> ffffffff832fc78c t init
> ffffffff832fc79e t init
> ffffffff832fc8f8 t init
>
> Example 2: (initcall_debug log)
> calling init+0x0/0x12 @ 1
> initcall init+0x0/0x12 returned 0 after 15 usecs
> calling init+0x0/0x60 @ 1
> initcall init+0x0/0x60 returned 0 after 2 usecs
> calling init+0x0/0x9a @ 1
> initcall init+0x0/0x9a returned 0 after 74 usecs
>
> Fixes: 31610434bc35 ("Virtio console driver")
> Fixes: 7177876fea83 ("virtio: console: Add ability to remove module")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Amit Shah <amit@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
If this is done tree-wide, it's ok to do it for virtio too.
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
No real opinion on whether it's a good idea.
> ---
> drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> --- lnx-517-rc8.orig/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> +++ lnx-517-rc8/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> @@ -2245,7 +2245,7 @@ static struct virtio_driver virtio_rproc
> .remove = virtcons_remove,
> };
>
> -static int __init init(void)
> +static int __init virtio_console_init(void)
> {
> int err;
>
> @@ -2280,7 +2280,7 @@ free:
> return err;
> }
>
> -static void __exit fini(void)
> +static void __exit virtio_console_fini(void)
> {
> reclaim_dma_bufs();
>
> @@ -2290,8 +2290,8 @@ static void __exit fini(void)
> class_destroy(pdrvdata.class);
> debugfs_remove_recursive(pdrvdata.debugfs_dir);
> }
> -module_init(init);
> -module_exit(fini);
> +module_init(virtio_console_init);
> +module_exit(virtio_console_fini);
>
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Virtio console driver");
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
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