linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "dynamic_debug: Remove unnecessary _

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Message-ID: <9b6694ac-acb3-6bc4-49c9-39ad1c64d6e1@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 12:31:47 -0700
From:   Elliot Berman <eberman@...eaurora.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
Cc:     Trilok Soni <tsoni@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Murali Nalajala <mnalajal@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "dynamic_debug: Remove unnecessary __used"

On 5/11/2020 11:54 AM, Joe Perches wrote> Change-Id: probably isn't necessary.

Thanks for the catch

> 
> Is there a separate mechanism possible to avoid bloating the
> otherwise unused content?

This struct is being used in lib/dynamic_debug.c but compiler doesn't know
about this usage when optimizing the struct/branch away.
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