linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] x86/tsc: use tsc early

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Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:21:44 -0700
From:   Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:     Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux@...linux.org.uk, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
        heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, john.stultz@...aro.org,
        sboyd@...eaurora.org, pasha.tatashin@...cle.com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
        douly.fnst@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] x86/tsc: use tsc early

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 02:12:09PM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> +static struct cyc2ns_data  cyc2ns_early;
> +static bool sched_clock_early_enabled;

Should these two varaibles be "__initdata"?

> +u64 sched_clock_early(void)
This function is only called during boot time. Should it
be a "__init" function?

Thanks.

-Fenghua