linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 03/22] x86/topology: remove arch_*register

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Message-ID: <baa98649-1840-48aa-89ac-0c27a08559d5@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:08:40 +1000
From:   Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-csky@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.org>,
        jianyong.wu@....com, justin.he@....com,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 03/22] x86/topology: remove arch_*register_cpu()
 exports

On 11/7/23 20:29, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> arch_register_cpu() and arch_unregister_cpu() are not used by anything
> that can be a module - they are used by drivers/base/cpu.c and
> drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c, neither of which can be a module.
> 
> Remove the exports.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/topology.c | 2 --
>   1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>