linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: mm: init: Consolidate vars, functions

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Date:   Mon, 17 May 2021 22:40:01 +0800
From:   Jisheng Zhang <jszhang3@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
To:     Alex Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>
Cc:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: mm: init: Consolidate vars, functions

On Sun, 16 May 2021 21:10:48 +0200
Alex Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr> wrote:

> Hi Jisheng,
> 
> On 16/05/2021 15:19, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 May 2021 21:15:56 +0800 Jisheng Zhang  wrote:
> >   
> >> From: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
> >>
> >> Consolidate the following items in init.c
> >>
> >> Staticize global vars as much as possible;
> >> Add __initdata mark if the global var isn't needed after init
> >> Add __init mark if the func isn't needed after init
> >> Add __ro_after_init if the global var is read only after init  
> > 
> > Hi Alexandre,
> > 
> > I think kernel_virt_addr can be removed, users can directly use
> > the KERNEL_LINK_ADDR MACRO. Maybe I miss the reason of intrducing
> > it in commit 2bfc6cd81bd17e43 ("riscv: Move kernel mapping outside of
> > linear mapping"), could you please comment?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance  
> 
> kernel_virt_addr will be used when I push my relocatable series since 
> then, the kernel virtual address will be different from 
> KERNEL_LINK_ADDR. I agree this was not needed in 2bfc6cd81bd17e43 
> ("riscv: Move kernel mapping outside of linear mapping"), I'm a bit late 
> in pushing the relocatable series.
> 

Thanks for your information. I think kernel_virt_addr could be __ro_after_init
But I will keep it unchanged until your relocatable series.

thanks