[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 3/6] drm/i915: Always call i915_globals_exit() from i915_exit()

[Tvrtko Ursulin]

Now you confused me with two replies I forgot to reply to all... :))

On 20/07/2021 15:53, Jason Ekstrand wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 3:25 AM Tvrtko Ursulin
> <tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com> wrote:

[snip]

>>> +
>>>    static int __init i915_init(void)
>>>    {
>>>        bool use_kms = true;
>>>        int err;
>>>
>>> +     i915_fully_loaded = false;
>>
>> Ditto.
> 
> So, this is something I'm unclear on.  I know that static memory gets
> auto-initialized to zero but what happens if you unload and reload a
> module?  Is it re-initialized to zero?  If it is then we can drop
> this.

Well it's not in memory after it is unloaded so clearly it has to get 
initialised by the module loader every time it loads it.

Regards,

Tvrtko