Hi Thomas Petazzoni, On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Peter Teoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The tag __initdata is for data used only during initialization (the > > data is put in a special ELF section that is discarded after > > initialization). > > > > > > When is the discarding taking place? Which part of the kernel source > code is doing the discarding? > Just would like ask again does anyone know when is the memory discarding (of the ELF section marked as __initdata) taking place?
first, the memory freeing must be triggered only after the __initdata functions have been executed - how does the kernel knows that? next, this memory freeing MAY be executed while the module is still loaded - so someone has to trigger the operation some where. when and where -> within the kernel source code -- are these found? thanks. -- Regards, Peter Teoh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
