Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.4 3/8] ARM: make lookup_processor_type() non-__init

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Thu Nov 22 2018 - 19:06:51 EST


Same comments as for the 4.9 version of these patches, and also applies
to the two 3.18 patches as well. They aren't fixes, but preparation
for fixes, and should not be backported without the actual Spectre fix
patch (which probably requires manual backport effort.)

On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 02:57:10PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit 899a42f836678a595f7d2bc36a5a0c2b03d08cbc ]
>
> Move lookup_processor_type() out of the __init section so it is callable
> from (eg) the secondary startup code during hotplug.
>
> Reviewed-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S
> index 8733012d231f..7e662bdd5cb3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S
> @@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ __mmap_switched_data:
> .long init_thread_union + THREAD_START_SP @ sp
> .size __mmap_switched_data, . - __mmap_switched_data
>
> + __FINIT
> + .text
> +
> /*
> * This provides a C-API version of __lookup_processor_type
> */
> @@ -133,9 +136,6 @@ ENTRY(lookup_processor_type)
> ldmfd sp!, {r4 - r6, r9, pc}
> ENDPROC(lookup_processor_type)
>
> - __FINIT
> - .text
> -
> /*
> * Read processor ID register (CP#15, CR0), and look up in the linker-built
> * supported processor list. Note that we can't use the absolute addresses
> --
> 2.17.1
>

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