linux-kernel - [patch V2 52/52] x86/fpu: Mark init_fpstate __ro_after

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Message-Id: <20210614155358.990811764@linutronix.de>
Date:   Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:45:00 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [patch V2 52/52] x86/fpu: Mark init_fpstate __ro_after_init

Nothing has to write into that state after init

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
V2: New patch
---
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * Represents the initial FPU state. It's mostly (but not completely) zeroes,
  * depending on the FPU hardware format:
  */
-union fpregs_state init_fpstate __read_mostly;
+union fpregs_state init_fpstate __ro_after_init;
 
 /*
  * Track whether the kernel is using the FPU state