Re: [PATCH] x86: properly annotate alternatives.c

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Some of the NOPs tables aren't used on 64-bits, quite some code and
> data is needed post-init for module loading only, and a couple of
> functions aren't used outside that file (i.e. can be static, and don't
> need to be exported).
> 
> The change to __INITDATA/__INITRODATA is needed to avoid an assembler
> warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h |    7 ----
>  arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c      |   56 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  include/linux/init.h               |   12 ++++++-
>  3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

looks like a nice improvement. Sam, what do you think?

	Ingo
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