linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu/init: Add __setup() functions back to fpu/init.c

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Message-ID: <20190111081150.lpgwjpwx24kdl7yb@linutronix.de>
Date:   Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:11:51 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Haoyu Tang <haoyu.tang@...el.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu/init: Add __setup() functions back to fpu/init.c

On 2019-01-11 10:45:53 [+0800], Haoyu Tang wrote:
> __setup() functions were removed in:
> 
>   commit 4f81cbafcce2 ("x86/fpu: Fix early FPU command-line parsing")
> 
> caused that FPU parameter is passed as an argument to init, the dummy
> __setup() functions can avoid this.

why is that bad?

Sebastian