Re: [PATCH 2/9] virtio_console: eliminate anonymous module_init & module_exit

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 12:20:03PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Eliminate anonymous module_init() and module_exit(), which can lead to
> confusion or ambiguity when reading System.map, crashes/oops/bugs,
> or an initcall_debug log.
> 
> Give each of these init and exit functions unique driver-specific
> names to eliminate the anonymous names.
> 
> Example 1: (System.map)
>  ffffffff832fc78c t init
>  ffffffff832fc79e t init
>  ffffffff832fc8f8 t init
> 
> Example 2: (initcall_debug log)
>  calling  init+0x0/0x12 @ 1
>  initcall init+0x0/0x12 returned 0 after 15 usecs
>  calling  init+0x0/0x60 @ 1
>  initcall init+0x0/0x60 returned 0 after 2 usecs
>  calling  init+0x0/0x9a @ 1
>  initcall init+0x0/0x9a returned 0 after 74 usecs
> 
> Fixes: 31610434bc35 ("Virtio console driver")
> Fixes: 7177876fea83 ("virtio: console: Add ability to remove module")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Cc: Amit Shah <amit@kernel.org>
> Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


If this is done tree-wide, it's ok to do it for virtio too.

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>

No real opinion on whether it's a good idea.


> ---
>  drivers/char/virtio_console.c |    8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> --- lnx-517-rc8.orig/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> +++ lnx-517-rc8/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> @@ -2245,7 +2245,7 @@ static struct virtio_driver virtio_rproc
>  	.remove =	virtcons_remove,
>  };
>  
> -static int __init init(void)
> +static int __init virtio_console_init(void)
>  {
>  	int err;
>  
> @@ -2280,7 +2280,7 @@ free:
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> -static void __exit fini(void)
> +static void __exit virtio_console_fini(void)
>  {
>  	reclaim_dma_bufs();
>  
> @@ -2290,8 +2290,8 @@ static void __exit fini(void)
>  	class_destroy(pdrvdata.class);
>  	debugfs_remove_recursive(pdrvdata.debugfs_dir);
>  }
> -module_init(init);
> -module_exit(fini);
> +module_init(virtio_console_init);
> +module_exit(virtio_console_fini);
>  
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Virtio console driver");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");