linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 05/20] x86/virt/tdx: Implement functions to make SEAMCALL

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Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:06:37 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, seanjc@...gle.com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
        ying.huang@...el.com, reinette.chatre@...el.com,
        len.brown@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
        isaku.yamahata@...el.com, chao.gao@...el.com,
        sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com, bagasdotme@...il.com,
        sagis@...gle.com, imammedo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 05/20] x86/virt/tdx: Implement functions to make
 SEAMCALL

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 01:26:27PM +1300, Kai Huang wrote:
> +/*
> + * Wrapper of __seamcall() to convert SEAMCALL leaf function error code
> + * to kernel error code.  @seamcall_ret and @out contain the SEAMCALL
> + * leaf function return code and the additional output respectively if
> + * not NULL.
> + */
> +static int __always_unused seamcall(u64 fn, u64 rcx, u64 rdx, u64 r8, u64 r9,
> +				    u64 *seamcall_ret,
> +				    struct tdx_module_output *out)
> +{

What's the point of a 'static __always_unused' function again? Other
than to test the DCE pass of a linker, that is?