* [PATCH] missing adlib release region
@ 2001-05-17 7:54 Samium Gromoff
2001-06-17 10:32 ` __exit Anil Kumar
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Samium Gromoff @ 2001-05-17 7:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: torvalds
i know, adlib_card is just a stupid interface, but
i once was hit by this problem ;).
--- linux-2.4.4.orig/drivers/sound/adlib_card.c Fri May 11 22:42:55 2001
+++ linux-2.4.4/drivers/sound/adlib_card.c Thu May 17 11:39:04 2001
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
static void __exit cleanup_adlib(void)
{
+ release_region(cfg.io_base,4);
sound_unload_synthdev(cfg.slots[0]);
}
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* Re: __exit
2001-06-17 10:32 ` __exit Anil Kumar
@ 2001-05-17 18:14 ` Erik Mouw
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Erik Mouw @ 2001-05-17 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anil Kumar; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 04:02:44PM +0530, Anil Kumar wrote:
> what does __exit, __p and other such directives means in the linux source
> code. what is its significance.
The macros __init and __exit are defined in include/linux/init.h:
#define __init __attribute__ ((__section__ (".text.init")))
#define __exit __attribute__ ((unused, __section__(".text.exit")))
And they tell the compiler to put the function in .text.init and
.text.exit sections of the object file.
Erik
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* __exit
2001-05-17 7:54 [PATCH] missing adlib release region Samium Gromoff
@ 2001-06-17 10:32 ` Anil Kumar
2001-05-17 18:14 ` __exit Erik Mouw
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Anil Kumar @ 2001-06-17 10:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
what does __exit, __p and other such directives means in the linux source
code. what is its significance.
thanks,
anil
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