linux-kernel - Re: no-op delay loops

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Date:	Tue, 1 Dec 2015 07:31:53 -0800
From:	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Subject: Re: no-op delay loops

On 11/30/2015 01:29 PM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> ./arch/alpha/boot/main.c:187:1-4: no-op delay loop

Not sure why this is there.  The runkernel function that preceeds it cannot 
return, having performed an indirect branch (not a call) to the kernel start.

I see no reason to actually change anything, unless someone insists that this 
be remove to avoid future similar analysis.


r~
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