From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751556Ab3FXT4g (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:56:36 -0400 Received: from www.linutronix.de ([62.245.132.108]:51551 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751160Ab3FXT4f (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:56:35 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:56:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner To: Paul Gortmaker cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, John Stultz Subject: Re: [PATCH 24/32] clocksource+irqchip: delete __cpuinit usage from all related files In-Reply-To: <1372102237-8757-25-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Message-ID: References: <1372102237-8757-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <1372102237-8757-25-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > The __cpuinit type of throwaway sections might have made sense > some time ago when RAM was more constrained, but now the savings > do not offset the cost and complications. For example, the fix in > commit 5e427ec2d0 ("x86: Fix bit corruption at CPU resume time") > is a good example of the nasty type of bugs that can be created > with improper use of the various __init prefixes. > > After a discussion on LKML[1] it was decided that cpuinit should go > the way of devinit and be phased out. Once all the users are gone, > we can then finally remove the macros themselves from linux/init.h. > > This removes all the drivers/clocksource and drivers/irqchip uses of > the __cpuinit macros from all C files. > > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/20/589 > > Cc: John Stultz > Cc: Thomas Gleixner > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner