Re: How to understand the macro __init?

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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.

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