Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:44:36 +0100 | | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | | Subject | Re: Value of __*{init,exit} anotations? |
> >
> > I don't deny we can invest large amounts of work to fix our current
> > issues and build large scriptable checks to ensure we keep it fixed ...
> > I'm just asking if, at the end of the day, it's really worth it.
>
> Some people consider it worth it for their memory restricted systems
> and would like to drive the annotations even further. [1]
>
> My experience while fixing section bugs during the last years is that
> the __dev{init,exit}* are actually the main question since they are both
> the majority of annotations and the ones that bring benefits only
> in a case that has become very exotic (CONFIG_HOTPLUG=n).
Some numbers...
I my current tree with an allyesconfig build for x86 64bit I see:
136 Section mismatch warnings in total
99 Section mismatch warnings from drivers/
This is with a few patches of mine applied but none of the recently
posted fixes by Adrian.
I am concentrating on:
drivers/pci/
kernel/
mm/
Will post my patches during the weekend if things goes well.
There are some low hanging fruits in drivers/ but I stay away
from these from now expecting others to fix these.
Sam
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