Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:35:19 +0200 | From | Ingo Oeser <> | Subject | Re: Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections |
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:49:05PM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote: > A while ago, on linux-kernel, we had a discussion about > adding support for __initdata and __init in modules. Somebody > (whose name escapes me) had implemented it by essentially adding > a vmrealloc() facility in the kernel. I think I've thought of a > simpler way, that would require almost no kernel changes. > [implementation details snipped]
While you are at this, you could make the .exit.{text,data} sections swappable for modules (by allocating swappable pages fro them?) and only mark them unswappable, while the module is exiting.
Rationale: A device needed for swaping will never call exit stuff, because it is still in use. So I see no obvious race here.
Regards
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