Re: [PATCH 6/7] x86/mm: Mark p4d_offset() __always_inline

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, 18 May 2018, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:

> __pgtable_l5_enabled shouldn't be needed after system has booted, we can
> mark it as __initdata, but it requires preparation.
> 
> KASAN initialization code is a user of USE_EARLY_PGTABLE_L5, so all
> pgtable_l5_enabled() translated to __pgtable_l5_enabled there, including
> the one in p4d_offset().
> 
> It may lead to section mismatch, if a compiler would not inline
> p4d_offset(), but leave it as a standalone function: p4d_offset() is not
> marked as __init.
> 
> Marking p4d_offset() as __always_inline fixes the issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>