patch-2.1.112 linux/include/linux/init.h

• Lines: 53
• Date: Tue Jul 28 11:18:47 1998
• Orig file: v2.1.111/linux/include/linux/init.h
• Orig date: Wed Apr 23 19:01:29 1997

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.111/linux/include/linux/init.h linux/include/linux/init.h
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@
  *
  * Usage:
  * For functions:
- * you can surround the whole function declaration 
+ * 
+ * You should add __init immediately before the function name, like:
+ *
+ * static void __init initme(int x, int y)
+ * {
+ *    extern int z; z = x * y;
+ * }
+ *
+ * Depricated: you can surround the whole function declaration 
  * just before function body into __initfunc() macro, like:
  *
  * __initfunc (static void initme(int x, int y))
@@ -17,17 +25,20 @@
  *    extern int z; z = x * y;
  * }
  *
- * if the function has a prototype somewhere, you can also add
+ * If the function has a prototype somewhere, you can also add
  * __init between closing brace of the prototype and semicolon:
  *
  * extern int initialize_foobar_device(int, int, int) __init;
  *
  * For initialized data:
- * you should insert __initdata between the variable name and equal
+ * You should insert __initdata between the variable name and equal
  * sign followed by value, e.g.:
  *
  * static int init_variable __initdata = 0;
  * static char linux_logo[] __initdata = { 0x32, 0x36, ... };
+ *
+ * For initialized data not at file scope, i.e. within a function,
+ * you should use __initlocaldata instead, due to a bug in GCC 2.7.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -46,6 +57,12 @@
 #define __INIT
 #define __FINIT
 #define __INITDATA
+#endif
+
+#if __GNUC__ >= 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8
+#define __initlocaldata  __initdata
+#else
+#define __initlocaldata
 #endif
 
 #endif