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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/5] clocksource/drivers/mtk_timer: add __init attribute
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:55:36PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Add __init attribute on a function that is only called from other __init
> functions and that is not inlined, at least with gcc version 4.8.4 on an
> x86 machine with allyesconfig. Currently, the function is put in the
> .text.unlikely segment. Declaring it as __init will cause it to be put in
> the .init.text and to disappear after initialization.
>
> The result of objdump -x on the function before the change is as follows:
>
> 0000000000000000 l F .text.unlikely 000000000000006f mtk_timer_setup.isra.4
>
> And after the change it is as follows:
>
> 0000000000000000 l F .init.text 000000000000006a mtk_timer_setup.isra.4
>
> Done with the help of Coccinelle. The semantic patch checks for local
> static non-init functions that are called from an __init function and are
> not called from any other function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
> ---

Applied for 4.7.

Thanks !

-- Daniel

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