2008-07-06 20:47:45

by Robert P. J. Day

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Subject: [PATCH] Remove obsolete content from include/linux/init.h.


Remove apparently obsolete content from init.h referring to gcc 2.9x
and to "no_module_init".

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>

---

AFAICT, there is no value to those comments anymore, but i'm willing
to be corrected.

diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 21d658c..42ae954 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -275,13 +275,7 @@ void __init parse_early_param(void);

#define security_initcall(fn) module_init(fn)

-/* These macros create a dummy inline: gcc 2.9x does not count alias
- as usage, hence the `unused function' warning when __init functions
- are declared static. We use the dummy __*_module_inline functions
- both to kill the warning and check the type of the init/cleanup
- function. */
-
-/* Each module must use one module_init(), or one no_module_init */
+/* Each module must use one module_init(). */
#define module_init(initfn) \
static inline initcall_t __inittest(void) \
{ return initfn; } \


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