linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: trace: remove __init from race_selftest_startup_function() and trace_selftest_startup_function

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:41:01 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: trace: remove __init from
 race_selftest_startup_function() and trace_selftest_startup_function_graph()

On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 07:51 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:

> Hmm, can all trace_selftest_startup_* (*selftest* in trace_selftest.c)
> use '__init', so not waste memory keeping them around ?

Yeah, they should all be set to __init, but that's pretty low on the
totem poll, as distros don't enable selftests in their main kernels.

-- Steve


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