Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752593Ab3FYBKz (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:10:55 -0400 Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]:54444 "EHLO relay3-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752441Ab3FYBKy (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:10:54 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 50.43.39.152 Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:10:46 -0700 From: Josh Triplett To: Paul Gortmaker Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Paul E. McKenney" , Dipankar Sarma Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/32] rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files Message-ID: <20130625011045.GA2912@leaf> References: <1372102237-8757-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <1372102237-8757-30-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1372102237-8757-30-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1304 Lines: 29 On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 03:30:34PM -0400, 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/rcu uses of the __cpuinit macros > from all C files. > > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/20/589 > > Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" > Cc: Josh Triplett > Cc: Dipankar Sarma > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker > --- Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/