Re: [PATCH] 2.5.1[345]-dj Add cpqarray_init() back into genhd.c

Adam Kropelin (akropel1@rochester.rr.com)
Mon, 13 May 2002 22:49:08 -0400


On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 12:24:23PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> On Mon, 13 May 2002 22:03:34 -0400,
> Adam Kropelin <akropel1@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> >In 2.5.13-dj1, the call to cpqarray_init() in drivers/block/genhd.c was
> >dropped. I'm not sure what the intent was since the driver seems to work fine

<snip>

> The real problem appears to be cpqarray.c, it wraps the init/exit code
> in #ifdef MODULE, so the init code is only available to modules. I
> think that cpqarray.c should remove the #ifdef MODULE and use the same
> init mechanism as other drivers, including module_init/exit. I don't
> have a card and the code is a mess so I am not going to attempt a patch.

I'm not seeing it. I see init_module() and cleanup_module() wrapped as you say
but cpqarray_init() is outside the #ifdef. Also, two versions of cpqarray_setup
are provided based on #ifdef MODULE but this doesn't look problematic to me.
I'm a newbie, for sure. Am I overlooking something obvious?

--Adam

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