Re: 2.1.121 breaks compilation, initmem_freed undefined
Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Sun, 13 Sep 1998 10:00:15 -0700 (PDT)
On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> There is a function buried in the depths of the code that can be called
> from both modules and at init time. If its called at init time it displays
> the penguin logo everyone wants. If its called later it doesnt. So either
> there is a "penguin has been freed" flag or you pass "is being called
> by a module" through every single layer of code to that deeply buried function.
>
> So it doesnt _depend_ on any __init structures, it can simply make use of them
> if they are present.
No, the code did NOT make any sense.
Something like this _would_ have made sense:
#ifndef MODULE
show_the_logo();
#endif
and would never have broken.
Linus
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