Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [idea] request_module(const char *fmt, ...); | Date | Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:03:14 +0100 (MET) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Pauline Middelink wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 12:41:40PM +0000, Tigran Aivazian wrote: > > I forgot to add it is clear that the compiler does *NOT* optimize the > > chunk away even if request_module() is a nop, so there *is* some > > optimization gained by my idea in comparison to simply dropping > > #ifdef/#endif. > > You could refine this idea by making it a macro, which resolves > into nothingness if CONFIG_KMOD is undefined. The function > called in the macro (__request_module?) is also not compiled > if CONFIG_KMOD is not set. > (Yes, you can do varargs in a macro, use ...)
If you do it like this, Tigran's suggestion that the whole kernel doesn't require recompilation on change of kmod setting is no longer valid. (but I don't think that that's important!)
Roger.
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