linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 2/6] x86/efi: Remove __init attribute from memory mapping functions

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Date:   Sun, 2 Sep 2018 12:56:02 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ricardo.neri@...el.com, matt@...eblueprint.co.uk,
        Lee Chun-Yi <jlee@...e.com>, Al Stone <astone@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/6] x86/efi: Remove __init attribute from memory
 mapping functions

On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 02:46:30AM -0700, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> In order to not keep these functions needlessly when
> "CONFIG_EFI_WARN_ON_ILLEGAL_ACCESS" is not selected, add a new
> __efi_init_fixup attribute whose value changes based on whether the

Why not just __efi_init{,data} ?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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