linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR

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Message-ID: <CABCJKufX=ayzyb-0pGpLvT5ULdQcp6BeM06AVfLdEEN5-r4-tw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:11:33 -0700
From: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...nel.org>, 
	linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR_MODULE macros

On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com> wrote:
>
> Remove the __INIT_OR_MODULE, __INITDATA_OR_MODULE and
> __INITRODATA_OR_MODULE macros. These were introduced in commit 8b5a10fc6fd0
> ("x86: properly annotate alternatives.c"). Only __INITRODATA_OR_MODULE was
> ever used, in arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c. In 2011, commit dc326fca2b64
> ("x86, cpu: Clean up and unify the NOP selection infrastructure") removed
> this usage.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>

Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>

Sami