Hi Amar, On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Amarnath Revanna <amarnath.revanna@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On the other hand, any other kernel module that you load using insmod or > modprobe comes after this stage, wherein the kernel was already booted, and > hence, no memory area of __init will ever be freed. > Modules are loaded with vmalloc, right? Could you explain why the kernel can't free those __init symbols from memory also in this case? Thanks, Ezequiel. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies