linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: delete non-required instances of include <linux/init.h>

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Date:	Mon, 06 Jan 2014 21:22:30 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>, x86@...nel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: delete non-required instances of include <linux/init.h>

On 01/06/2014 04:20 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> None of these files are actually using any __init type directives
> and hence don't need to include <linux/init.h>.  Most are just a
> left over from __devinit and __cpuinit removal, or simply due to
> code getting copied from one driver to the next.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> ---
> 
> [build tested allyes/modconfig on x86/build from today's tip tree]
> 

Did you remember to test both 32 and 64 bits?  I'm assuming not, since
head_32.S no longer builds:

/home/hpa/kernel/tip.x86-cleanups/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S: Assembler
messages:
/home/hpa/kernel/tip.x86-cleanups/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S:86: Error:
no such instruction: `__head'
/home/hpa/kernel/tip.x86-cleanups/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S:476: Error:
no such instruction: `__init'
/home/hpa/kernel/tip.x86-cleanups/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S:635: Error:
no such instruction: `__initdata'
/home/hpa/kernel/tip.x86-cleanups/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S:640: Error:
no such instruction: `__refdata'
/home/hpa/kernel/tip.x86-cleanups/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S:698: Error:
no such instruction: `__initrodata'
make[4]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/head_32.o] Error 1

	-hpa

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