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Date:   Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:54:48 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch: consolidate pm_power_off callback

Hi Enrico,

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 7:46 PM Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
<info@...ux.net> wrote:
> Move the pm_power_off callback into one global place and also add an
> function for conditionally calling it (when not NULL), in order to remove
> code duplication in all individual archs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@...ux.net>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
> +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
> @@ -43,12 +43,6 @@
>  #include "proto.h"
>  #include "pci_impl.h"
>
> -/*
> - * Power off function, if any
> - */
> -void (*pm_power_off)(void) = machine_power_off;

Assignments like these are lost in the conversion.

> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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