linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 4/5] x86/paravirt: Remove const mark from x86_hyper_xen

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Message-Id: <1563251169-30740-1-git-send-email-zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jul 2019 12:26:08 +0800
From:   Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        jgross@...e.com, sstabellini@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, x86@...nel.org,
        Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 4/5] x86/paravirt: Remove const mark from x86_hyper_xen_hvm variable

.. as "nopv" support needs it to be changeable at boot up stage.

Checkpatch reports warning, so move variable declarations from
hypervisor.c to hypervisor.h

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h | 8 ++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c  | 8 --------
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
index f7b4c53..e41cbf2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ struct hypervisor_x86 {
 	bool ignore_nopv;
 };
 
+extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_vmware;
+extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_ms_hyperv;
+extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_pv;
+extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_kvm;
+extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_jailhouse;
+extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_acrn;
+extern struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_hvm;
+
 extern bool nopv;
 extern enum x86_hypervisor_type x86_hyper_type;
 extern void init_hypervisor_platform(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
index 7eaad41..553bfbf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
 
-extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_vmware;
-extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_ms_hyperv;
-extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_pv;
-extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_hvm;
-extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_kvm;
-extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_jailhouse;
-extern const struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_acrn;
-
 static const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 * const hypervisors[] =
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PV
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
index 1756cf7..b671983 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static __init void xen_hvm_guest_late_init(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-const __initconst struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_hvm = {
+struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_xen_hvm __initdata = {
 	.name                   = "Xen HVM",
 	.detect                 = xen_platform_hvm,
 	.type			= X86_HYPER_XEN_HVM,
-- 
1.8.3.1