linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: Remove __ref on hotplug cpu die path

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Message-ID: <20150915175855.GA18435@qualcomm.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:58:55 -0500
From:	Andy Gross <agross@...eaurora.org>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	arm@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>,
	Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>,
	Shiraz Hashim <shiraz.linux.kernel@...il.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, spear-devel@...t.st.com,
	linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Remove __ref on hotplug cpu die path

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 05:23:17PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Now that __cpuinit has been removed, the __ref markings on these
> functions are useless. Remove them. This also reduces the size of
> the multi_v7_defconfig image:
> 
> $ size before after
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    12683578        1470996  348904 14503478         dd4e36 before
>    12683274        1470996  348904 14503174         dd4d06 after
> 
> presumably because now we don't have to jump to code in the
> .ref.text section and/or the noinline marking is removed.

<snip>

Acked-by: Andy Gross <agross@...eaurora.org>

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