linux-kernel - Re: [patch] mm, hugetlb: mark some bootstrap functions as _

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Date:	Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:32:17 -0800
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mm, hugetlb: mark some bootstrap functions as __init

On Tue, 2014-02-04 at 16:13 -0800, David Rientjes wrote:
> Both prep_compound_huge_page() and prep_compound_gigantic_page() are only
> called at bootstrap and can be marked as __init.
> 
> The __SetPageTail(page) in prep_compound_gigantic_page() happening before
> page->first_page is initialized is not concerning since this is
> bootstrap.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>

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