linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 2/5] x86/cpuid: Add generic table for cpuid dependencies

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Message-ID: <20171012221207.GM5109@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:12:07 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan McDowell <noodles@...th.li>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/5] x86/cpuid: Add generic table for cpuid
 dependencies

> 
> Why isn't this __initdata?

It's referenced during cpu hotplug. Actually it should never
change in this case, but it's hard to tell that to the dependency
checker.

-Andi