The function is only used by the KVM init code. Mark it __init to prevent creative abuse. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- kernel/watchdog.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/watchdog.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ unsigned int __read_mostly hardlockup_pa * kernel command line parameters are parsed, because otherwise it is not * possible to override this in hardlockup_panic_setup(). */ -void hardlockup_detector_disable(void) +void __init hardlockup_detector_disable(void) { watchdog_enabled &= ~NMI_WATCHDOG_ENABLED; }