public inbox for kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q: generic module{init,exit} boilerplate
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:41:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130110184123.GV7247@mwanda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ADE657CA350FB648AAC2C43247A983F00207A6CBA7AB@AUSP01VMBX24.collaborationhost.net>

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:12:43AM -0600, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> There are a number of drivers/modules in the kernel that have
> a "do nothing" module init/exit of the form:
> 

Do you have a real life example?  Why would people do that?

regards,
dan carpenter


  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-10 18:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-10 17:12 Q: generic module{init,exit} boilerplate H Hartley Sweeten
2013-01-10 18:41 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2013-01-10 18:58 ` Julia Lawall
2013-01-10 19:05 ` H Hartley Sweeten

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20130110184123.GV7247@mwanda \
    --to=dan.carpenter@oracle.com \
    --cc=kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox