The function is only used by the KVM init code. Mark it __init to prevent creative abuse. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Don Zickus Cc: Chris Metcalf Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sebastian Siewior Cc: Nicholas Piggin Cc: Ulrich Obergfell Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Andrew Morton Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170831073053.601705530@linutronix.de --- kernel/watchdog.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/watchdog.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ unsigned int __read_mostly hardlockup_pa * kernel command line parameters are parsed, because otherwise it is not * possible to override this in hardlockup_panic_setup(). */ -void hardlockup_detector_disable(void) +void __init hardlockup_detector_disable(void) { watchdog_enabled &= ~NMI_WATCHDOG_ENABLED; }