linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 6/8] efi: load SSTDs from EFI variables

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Date:	Sat, 2 Jul 2016 10:18:30 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Linux I2C <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	irina.tirdea@...el.com,
	Crestez Dan Leonard <leonard.crestez@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 6/8] efi: load SSTDs from EFI variables

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Octavian Purdila
<octavian.purdila@...el.com> wrote:
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c

> @@ -195,6 +198,85 @@ static void generic_ops_unregister(void)
>         efivars_unregister(&generic_efivars);
>  }
>
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI)
> +#define EFIVAR_SSDT_NAME_MAX   16
> +static char efivar_ssdt[EFIVAR_SSDT_NAME_MAX];

I think efivar_ssdt[] is used from __init functions only, so it can be
__initdata.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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