Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] Allow arbitrary number of init funcs in modules | Date | Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:10:53 +1000 |
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306241851550.11817-100000@serv> you write: > Hi, > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Rusty Russell wrote: > > > D: One longstanding complaint is that modules can only have one > > D: module_init, and one module_exit (builtin code can have multiple > > D: __initcall however). This means, for example, that it is not > > D: possible to write a "module_proc_entry(name, readfn)" function > > D: which can be used like so: > > D: > > D: module_init(myinitfn); > > D: module_cleanup(myinitfn); > > D: module_proc_entry("some/path/foo", read_foo); > > What happens if a module is compiled into the kernel and one of the init > functions fails?
We ignore the failure, as we do with initcalls at the moment. I wasn't really intending to deprecate the existing mechanisms: this is simple at least 8)
Hmm, were you thinking of grouping by KBUILD_BASENAME? Can you think of a case where that would be nicer to use?
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