Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751917Ab3FYTct (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:32:49 -0400 Received: from e37.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.158]:49486 "EHLO e37.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751269Ab3FYTcs (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:32:48 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:32:37 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Josh Triplett Cc: Paul Gortmaker , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dipankar Sarma Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/32] rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files Message-ID: <20130625193237.GF3828@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <1372102237-8757-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <1372102237-8757-30-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <20130625011045.GA2912@leaf> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130625011045.GA2912@leaf> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-MML: No X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 13062519-7408-0000-0000-0000118153AC Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1495 Lines: 35 On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 06:10:46PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > 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 Queued for 3.12 with Josh's Reviewed-by. Thank you both! Thanx, Paul -- 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/