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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "dynamic_debug: Remove unnecessary __used"
From:   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 12:56:09 -0700
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On Mon, 2020-05-11 at 12:31 -0700, Elliot Berman wrote:
> On 5/11/2020 11:54 AM, Joe Perches wrote> Change-Id: probably isn't necessary.
> 
> Thanks for the catch
> 
> > Is there a separate mechanism possible to avoid bloating the
> > otherwise unused content?
> 
> This struct is being used in lib/dynamic_debug.c but compiler doesn't know
> about this usage when optimizing the struct/branch away.

I only remember that I removed __used awhile ago
because it _wasn't_ used in some paths.

Maybe that's changed, but I don't know.