From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.toke.dk (mail.toke.dk [45.145.95.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 937611EFF8D; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:22:57 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.145.95.4 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770024180; cv=none; b=tf+sbv8LoqjFP0SP5PLwhOLfS/vrCtdr/gkbLZ8xLJiBNDHk6NKG/kpIo5BCLXqWUmMBVtmu2nefveQCV13kJQ4EBH4ZTXVhHD9mnyDg2BFnsHPXxfStl1Z02T/zDrOwopSJeMOl7Qjt4kb+NnJ8zY2i6P8uLEsUMveVctbYj6M= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770024180; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Nu/6ZeWOGIIlcXAjG0eXaNrM/XHgSycjB8FMPIxRAVQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=bOfyfyvUaYxWrYJFocYC/G4k4LPjnjKPokg/D4bVLkqKh2VD9v26Fce5c2JeSHCEwW8v4xX72GjzI6+3ZVLYhv3mw5bEjxdsy5+/Sa5eCOlRLrD5FG9InlnU+NQWEqdh18W+bv8lJag1/NkVe3FuhZsWDzbHpw/63Yr0M8FQyx8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=toke.dk; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=toke.dk; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=toke.dk header.i=@toke.dk header.b=I+xwC574; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.145.95.4 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=toke.dk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=toke.dk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=toke.dk header.i=@toke.dk header.b="I+xwC574" From: Toke =?utf-8?Q?H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen?= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=toke.dk; s=20161023; t=1770023841; bh=Nu/6ZeWOGIIlcXAjG0eXaNrM/XHgSycjB8FMPIxRAVQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=I+xwC574uumb9w+BNGhhcpV8QfsVJRhsBVECS+v1DVl8nlGMH/HdsyC+b/0kCCqyX KAtNvjmRCIu8H7/JgUPPV23OH7YmGJq8CWyBRPAnc7xAidbTsEqfJ1g028MakxkQ5W X5HVWeDuMexI4t44oCDvx7Y1d9th/gqkvcadfLtHqosv6rLMihoQEnYybaDMPjF6Rj 1iK4wg+XLuYJBUg9dqS2ouLgi82p6G+8ql0/NHdSy/OowaKwGF0nVdMO+PAqS9OYK6 CLyv9XVpKZYUnAnGbCPs4ovuUMByXjGPU/5zSYbN1SwFEp8QXEjVBy0lqOYpmhjCsu /jKS8hWAy6/yA== To: Ethan Nelson-Moore , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-can@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ethan Nelson-Moore , Michael Grzeschik , Andrew Lunn , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Marc Kleine-Budde , Vincent Mailhol , Ido Schimmel , Petr Machata , Sridhar Samudrala , Ping-Ke Shih , Thomas =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=BChlbacher?= , Oliver Hartkopp Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove unnecessary module_init/exit functions In-Reply-To: <20260131004327.18112-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com> References: <20260131004327.18112-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:17:19 +0100 X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Message-ID: <87ecn333og.fsf@toke.dk> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ethan Nelson-Moore writes: > Many network drivers have unnecessary empty module_init and module_exit > functions. Remove them (including some that just print a message). 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 For ath9k: Acked-by: Toke H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen