linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/7] x86/mm: Mark __pgtable_l5_enabled _

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Message-Id: <20180518103528.59260-8-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 May 2018 13:35:28 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] x86/mm: Mark __pgtable_l5_enabled __initdata

__pgtable_l5_enabled shouldn't be needed after system has booted.
All preparation is done. We can now mark it as __initdata.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 43b009a97f23..b56160efb1f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static unsigned int __initdata next_early_pgt;
 pmdval_t early_pmd_flags = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-unsigned int __pgtable_l5_enabled __ro_after_init;
+unsigned int __pgtable_l5_enabled __initdata;
 unsigned int pgdir_shift __ro_after_init = 39;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pgdir_shift);
 unsigned int ptrs_per_p4d __ro_after_init = 1;
-- 
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