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Re: [PATCH 5/5] cmd640: add __init attribute

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  Re: [PATCH 5/5] cmd640: add __init attribute David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-07-27 00:30 +0200

#1450948 — Re: [PATCH 5/5] cmd640: add __init attribute

From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 16:55:38 +0200

> 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 00000000000000e4 cmd640x_init_one
> 
> And after the change it is as follows:
> 
> 00000000000000d2 l     F .init.text	00000000000000df cmd640x_init_one
> 
> 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.

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