Re: [PATCH 3/3] Allow arbitrary number of init funcs in modules

Roman Zippel (zippel@linux-m68k.org)
Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:01:25 +0200 (CEST)


Hi,

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Rusty Russell wrote:

> D: One longstanding complaint is that modules can only have one
> D: module_init, and one module_exit (builtin code can have multiple
> D: __initcall however). This means, for example, that it is not
> D: possible to write a "module_proc_entry(name, readfn)" function
> D: which can be used like so:
> D:
> D: module_init(myinitfn);
> D: module_cleanup(myinitfn);
> D: module_proc_entry("some/path/foo", read_foo);

What happens if a module is compiled into the kernel and one of the init
functions fails?

bye, Roman

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