linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/6] sclp: call sclp_init() from start

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Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:39:28 +0100
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Bastian Blank <bastian@...di.eu.org>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/6] sclp: call sclp_init() from start_kernel().

On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 04:09:42PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 03:29:45PM +0100, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> >  #else
> >  static inline void acpi_early_init(void) { }
> >  #endif
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_S390
> > +extern int sclp_init(void);
> > +#else
> > +static inline int sclp_init(void) {return 0;}
> > +#endif
> >  #ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
> >  static inline void mark_rodata_ro(void) { }
> >  #endif
> > @@ -643,6 +648,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
> >  	check_bugs();
> >  
> >  	acpi_early_init(); /* before LAPIC and SMP init */
> > +	sclp_init();
> 
> What happens if sclp_init fails? The other early init calls explicitely
> returns void and handels the error internal.

Nothing. I used to have an sclp call within __cpu_up() but that is gone
since I rewrote the patch that follows this one.
So this patch is just a leftover and I forgot that it isn't needed anymore.
Will be dropped.

Thanks for the hint!
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