linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 8/9] x86/PVH: adjust function/data placement

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Date:   Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:20:42 +0200
From:   Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>,
        "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 8/9] x86/PVH: adjust function/data placement

Two of the variables can live in .init.data, allowing the open-coded
placing in .data to go away. Another "variable" is used to communicate a
size value only to very early assembly code, which hence can be both
const and live in .init.*. Additionally two functions were lacking
__init annotations.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

--- a/arch/x86/platform/pvh/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/pvh/enlighten.c
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
 /*
  * PVH variables.
  *
- * pvh_bootparams and pvh_start_info need to live in the data segment since
+ * pvh_bootparams and pvh_start_info need to live in a data segment since
  * they are used after startup_{32|64}, which clear .bss, are invoked.
  */
-struct boot_params pvh_bootparams __section(".data");
-struct hvm_start_info pvh_start_info __section(".data");
+struct boot_params __initdata pvh_bootparams;
+struct hvm_start_info __initdata pvh_start_info;
 
-unsigned int pvh_start_info_sz = sizeof(pvh_start_info);
+const unsigned int __initconst pvh_start_info_sz = sizeof(pvh_start_info);
 
-static u64 pvh_get_root_pointer(void)
+static u64 __init pvh_get_root_pointer(void)
 {
 	return pvh_start_info.rsdp_paddr;
 }
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void __init __weak xen_pvh_init(struct b
 	BUG();
 }
 
-static void hypervisor_specific_init(bool xen_guest)
+static void __init hypervisor_specific_init(bool xen_guest)
 {
 	if (xen_guest)
 		xen_pvh_init(&pvh_bootparams);