Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sat, 7 Apr 2001 21:29:32 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [CHECKER] __init functions called by non-__init |
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Hi!
> 1. The best case: an init function calls a non-init, which in > turn calls an init: > > void __init probe() { a(); } > void a() { b(); } > void __init b() { ... }
> in this case, is the missing __init on 'a' only a performance > bug in that a's code won't be freed up?
...not neccesarily an error. If a() is being used to do stuff needed at runtime, and only calls b() at initialzation.
> On the other hand, if I understood the rules right, this next one looks like > a more exciting error, since an __exit routine is calling an __init routine:
Actually, it is right for subtle reasons:
__exit is only used in module case. And in module case __init functions are not freed. Pavel -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.
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