linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] move some .pci_fixup

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Date:	Fri, 8 Apr 2011 12:51:10 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	<linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>, <mingo@...e.hu>,
	<tglx@...utronix.de>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>, <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] move some .pci_fixup_* sections into .init

On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:47:47 +0000
"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...ell.com> wrote:

> .pci_fixup_final is only used from .init.text, and hence can (along
> with the respective handler functions) reside in .init.*.
> 
> Several other .pci_fixup_* sections are needed only during boot and
> suspend/resume, and can therefore be moved into .init.* if
> !CONFIG_PM_OPS.
> 
> While generally section mismatch checking is being turned on by this
> patch for all of .pci_fixup_*, for .pci_fixup_header it is being
> suppressed for the moment as it caused way too much fallout.
> Theoretically, all respective handlers must get their __init/__devinit
> removed, as this gets processed from a non-__init, non-__devinit
> function.
> 
> This also adds a previously missing comma in the definition of
> ALL_INIT_DATA_SECTIONS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

This didn't apply for me, but I'd be happy to take the PCI parts, can
you re-send against my linux-next branch (assuming it's not already
applied to some other tree).

Thanks,
-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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