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SubjectRe: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Keith Owens wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:54:51 +0000 (GMT),
> David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote:
> >On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Keith Owens wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not sure why you think this can be used for module persistent
> >> storage. If a module calls inter_module_register() on load, it should
> >> call inter_module_unregister() on unload. All the registered data
> >> points into the loaded module, remove the module and the storage
> >> disappears as well.
> >
> >You can kmalloc() both the im_name and userdata arguments to
> >inter_module_register and you ought to be able to pass NULL as the owner.
>
> Ughh! That is definitely abusing the inter_module functions. If we
> need persistent module storage then we should add a clean interface to
> do it instead of using kmalloc and overloading inter_module_xxx.

Why? It's got to get kmalloc'd anyway, and code reuse is
_good_. Experiment with different names for inter_module_xxx until you
feel happier :)

> What do people think, do we need module persistent storage?

The primary reason that I've often lamented its removal is for
auto-loaded sound drivers to store their mixer level on unload, in order
to reset to the same values upon being reloaded.

> This will probably be a 2.5 change but I want to get an idea of the
> requirements before coding anything.

Strictly speaking, all the inter_module_xxx stuff should probably wait for
2.5.

--
dwmw2


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