It just creates confusion, errors, and bugs.
For one thing, this can cause dup sysfs or procfs nodes to get
created:
[ 1.198015] proc_dir_entry '00.0' already registered
[ 1.198036] Call Trace:
[ 1.198052] [00000000004f2534] create_proc_entry+0x7c/0x98
[ 1.198092] [00000000005719e4] pci_proc_attach_device+0xa4/0xd4
[ 1.198126] [00000000007d991c] pci_proc_init+0x64/0x88
[ 1.198158] [00000000007c62a4] kernel_init+0x190/0x330
[ 1.198183] [0000000000426cf8] kernel_thread+0x38/0x48
[ 1.198210] [00000000006a0d90] rest_init+0x18/0x5c
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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