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(host-127-24.cafrjco.fresno.ca.us.clients.pavlovmedia.net. [68.180.127.24]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a92af1059eb24-124a9d7f95asm12172447c88.7.2026.01.30.18.01.07 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:01:07 -0800 (PST) From: Ethan Nelson-Moore To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ethan Nelson-Moore , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Hans Verkuil , Darshan Rathod , Jai Luthra , Laurent Pinchart Subject: [PATCH] media: remove unnecessary module_init/exit functions Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:00:47 -0800 Message-ID: <20260131020057.46029-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-media@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Three media drivers have unnecessary module_init and module_exit functions that are empty or just print a message. Remove them. Note that if a module_init function exists, a module_exit function must also exist; otherwise, the module cannot be unloaded. Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore --- drivers/media/common/b2c2/flexcop.c | 14 -------------- drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c | 13 ------------- drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c | 13 ------------- 3 files changed, 40 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/common/b2c2/flexcop.c b/drivers/media/common/b2c2/flexcop.c index 8506de48ba45..1572831be5b8 100644 --- a/drivers/media/common/b2c2/flexcop.c +++ b/drivers/media/common/b2c2/flexcop.c @@ -292,20 +292,6 @@ void flexcop_device_exit(struct flexcop_device *fc) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(flexcop_device_exit); -static int flexcop_module_init(void) -{ - info(DRIVER_NAME " loaded successfully"); - return 0; -} - -static void flexcop_module_cleanup(void) -{ - info(DRIVER_NAME " unloaded successfully"); -} - -module_init(flexcop_module_init); -module_exit(flexcop_module_cleanup); - MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR); MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_NAME); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); diff --git a/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c b/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c index a9e3bad76d54..c0166684eff8 100644 --- a/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c +++ b/drivers/media/common/saa7146/saa7146_fops.c @@ -417,19 +417,6 @@ int saa7146_unregister_device(struct video_device *vfd, struct saa7146_dev *dev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(saa7146_unregister_device); -static int __init saa7146_vv_init_module(void) -{ - return 0; -} - - -static void __exit saa7146_vv_cleanup_module(void) -{ -} - -module_init(saa7146_vv_init_module); -module_exit(saa7146_vv_cleanup_module); - MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Hunold "); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("video4linux driver for saa7146-based hardware"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c index 3fc15d16df8e..f3d3f441c851 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca.c @@ -1701,19 +1701,6 @@ int gspca_resume(struct usb_interface *intf) EXPORT_SYMBOL(gspca_resume); #endif -/* -- module insert / remove -- */ -static int __init gspca_init(void) -{ - pr_info("v" GSPCA_VERSION " registered\n"); - return 0; -} -static void __exit gspca_exit(void) -{ -} - -module_init(gspca_init); -module_exit(gspca_exit); - module_param_named(debug, gspca_debug, int, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "1:probe 2:config 3:stream 4:frame 5:packet 6:usbi 7:usbo"); -- 2.43.0