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SubjectRe: [PATCH] link errors with internal calls to devexit functions
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Keith Owens wrote:

> >diff -ur linux-2.4.17.orig/drivers/media/video/bttv-driver.c linux-2.4.17/drivers/media/video/bttv-driver.c
> >--- linux-2.4.17.orig/drivers/media/video/bttv-driver.c Sat Dec 22 13:39:39 2001
> >+++ linux-2.4.17/drivers/media/video/bttv-driver.c Sat Dec 22 13:46:02 2001
> >@@ -2992,7 +2992,9 @@
> > pci_set_drvdata(dev,btv);
> >
> > if(init_bt848(btv) < 0) {
> >+#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
> > bttv_remove(dev);
> >+#endif
> > return -EIO;
> > }
> > bttv_num++;

> I don't like #if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) in open
> code. If the rules for what gets discarded change (again) then those
> ifdefs will be out of sync. That is why __devexit_p() is a wrapper, it
> is defined once and only has to be changed once when the rules change.
>
> Define a __devexit_call wrapper in include/linux/init.h at the same
> place that __devexit_p is defined and use the wrapper around the calls.
> Untested.

I'd rather think that the patch (and the original code) is broken, as it
seems we call an __devexit function from an init function. So
the correct fix is to remove the __devexit attribute from the offending
functions.

--Kai



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