If you do implement such a thing, make sure that you don't mistakenly spot
smth that gets exported to a non-kernel-tree driver, or smth that gets
called by a non-__init, --- but not in the current kernel config!
V.
> -Original Message-
> From: Dawson Engler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> c
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Dawson Engler wrote:
> Here are *uninspected* 2.4.5-ac4 results of a checker that warns when a
> non-__init function calls an __init function (suggested by
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]). There seem to be two cases:
>
> 1. The best case: the caller should actually be an __init
> These are actual (performance) bugs.
> Patch is appended.
Thanks for the quick feedback!
> BTW: I don't if you did so already, but if you extended the checker to
> find functions which are only called from __init functions, but not
> marked __init themselves, you'd most likely find lots more p
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> It's a space/performance bug, though, right? From the original mail:
> 1. The best case: the caller should actually be an __init function
> as well. This is a performance bug since it won't be freed.
Yes, sorry. I hadn't properly read the beginning o
> > drivers/mtd/docprobe.c:195:DoC_Probe: ERROR:INIT: non-init fn
> > 'DoC_Probe' calling init fn 'doccheck'
>
> Strictly speaking, not actually a bug. DoC_Probe() itself is only ever
> called from __init code. But it's probably not worth trying to make the
> checker notice that situation - I'v
On Wed, 30 May 2001, David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > drivers/mtd/docprobe.c:195:DoC_Probe: ERROR:INIT: non-init fn
> > 'DoC_Probe' calling init fn 'doccheck'
>
> Strictly speaking, not actually a bug. DoC_Probe() itself is only ever
> called from __init code. But it's proba
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 01:08:40PM -0700, Dawson Engler wrote:
> Here are *uninspected* 2.4.5-ac4 results of a checker that warns when a
> non-__init function calls an __init function (suggested by
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]). There seem to be two cases:
>
> 1. The best case: the caller should
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> drivers/mtd/docprobe.c:195:DoC_Probe: ERROR:INIT: non-init fn
> 'DoC_Probe' calling init fn 'doccheck'
Strictly speaking, not actually a bug. DoC_Probe() itself is only ever
called from __init code. But it's probably not worth trying to make the
checker notice that si
Here are *uninspected* 2.4.5-ac4 results of a checker that warns when a
non-__init function calls an __init function (suggested by
[EMAIL PROTECTED]). There seem to be two cases:
1. The best case: the caller should actually be an __init function
as well. This is a performance bu
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