Re: [PATCH] link errors with internal calls to devexit functions

Legacy Fishtank (garzik@havoc.gtf.org)
Tue, 25 Dec 2001 12:56:37 -0500


On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 01:57:25PM +1100, Jason Thomas wrote:
> please CC me I'm not on the list.
>
> This patch against 2.4.17 fixes internal calls to devexit functions (which
> is bypasses the devexit_p wrapper) in drivers/media/video/bttv-driver.c and
> drivers/usb/usb-uhci.c, they are the only two I found.
>
> 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

These changes are incorrect... if a remove function is called during the
init phase it should never have been marked __devexit in the first
place.

Jeff

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