Re: [PATCH 1/5] clk: qoriq: add __init attribute

[Stephen Boyd]

On 04/18, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Add __init attribute on a function that is only called from other __init
> functions and that is not inlined, at least with gcc version 4.8.4 on an
> x86 machine with allyesconfig.  Currently, the function is put in the
> .text.unlikely segment.  Declaring it as __init will cause it to be put in
> the .init.text and to disappear after initialization.
> 
> The result of objdump -x on the function before the change is as follows:
> 
> 0000000000000000 l     F .text.unlikely 0000000000000071 sysclk_from_fixed.constprop.5
> 
> And after the change it is as follows:
> 
> 0000000000000480 l     F .init.text	000000000000006c sysclk_from_fixed.constprop.5
> 
> Done with the help of Coccinelle.  The semantic patch checks for local
> static non-init functions that are called from an __init function and are
> not called from any other function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
> 
> ---

Applied to clk-next

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