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Subject[PATCH 1/2] Revert "x86/mm: Mark __pgtable_l5_enabled __initdata"
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This reverts commit e4e961e36f063484c48bed919013c106d178995d.

We need to use early version of pgtable_l5_enabled() in
early_identify_cpu() as this code runs before cpu_feature_enabled() is
usable.

But it leads to section mismatch:

cpu_init()
load_mm_ldt()
ldt_slot_va()
LDT_BASE_ADDR
LDT_PGD_ENTRY
pgtable_l5_enabled()
__pgtable_l5_enabled

__pgtable_l5_enabled marked as __initdata, but cpu_init() is not __init.

It's fixable: early code can be isolated into a separate translation
unit, but such change collides with other work in the area.
That's too much hassle to save 4 bytes of memory.

Return __pgtable_l5_enabled back to be __ro_after_init.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index a21d6ace648e..8047379e575a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static unsigned int __initdata next_early_pgt;
pmdval_t early_pmd_flags = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX);

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-unsigned int __pgtable_l5_enabled __initdata;
+unsigned int __pgtable_l5_enabled __ro_after_init;
unsigned int pgdir_shift __ro_after_init = 39;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pgdir_shift);
unsigned int ptrs_per_p4d __ro_after_init = 1;
--
2.17.1
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