[PATCH RFC 1/7] x86/head/64: Mark startup_gdt and startup_gdt_descr as __initdata

From: Hou Wenlong
Date: Tue Jul 11 2023 - 23:31:27 EST


As startup_gdt and startup_gdt_descr are only used in booting, make them
as __initdata to allow them to be freed after boot.

Signed-off-by: Hou Wenlong <houwenlong.hwl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 49f7629b17f7..dd357807ffb5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmemmap_base);
/*
* GDT used on the boot CPU before switching to virtual addresses.
*/
-static struct desc_struct startup_gdt[GDT_ENTRIES] = {
+static struct desc_struct startup_gdt[GDT_ENTRIES] __initdata = {
[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL32_CS] = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(0xc09b, 0, 0xfffff),
[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS] = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(0xa09b, 0, 0xfffff),
[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_DS] = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(0xc093, 0, 0xfffff),
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static struct desc_struct startup_gdt[GDT_ENTRIES] = {
* Address needs to be set at runtime because it references the startup_gdt
* while the kernel still uses a direct mapping.
*/
-static struct desc_ptr startup_gdt_descr = {
+static struct desc_ptr startup_gdt_descr __initdata = {
.size = sizeof(startup_gdt),
.address = 0,
};
--
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