[PATCH] Overzealous permenant mark removed

[Rusty Russell]

Linus, please apply.

Name: Modules without init functions don't need exit functions
Author: Rusty Russell
Status: Trivial

D: If modules don't use module_exit(), they cannot be unloaded.  This
D: safety mechanism should not apply for modules which don't use
D: module_init() (implying they have nothing to clean up anyway).

diff -urNp --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.5.52/kernel/module.c working-2.5.52-noexit/kernel/module.c
--- linux-2.5.52/kernel/module.c	Tue Dec 17 08:11:03 2002
+++ working-2.5.52-noexit/kernel/module.c	Mon Dec 23 11:26:36 2002
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ sys_delete_module(const char *name_user,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!mod->exit || mod->unsafe) {
+	/* If it has an init func, it must have an exit func to unload */
+	if ((mod->init && !mod->exit) || mod->unsafe) {
 		forced = try_force(flags);
 		if (!forced) {
 			/* This module can't be removed */
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ static void print_unload_info(struct seq
 	if (mod->unsafe)
 		seq_printf(m, " [unsafe]");
 
-	if (!mod->exit)
+	if (mod->init && !mod->exit)
 		seq_printf(m, " [permanent]");
 
 	seq_printf(m, "\n");

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