linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arch/x86/microcode: Mark early_parse_cmdline() as _

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Message-ID: <20251030132302.GBaQNmtgzFeZ8798t1@fat_crate.local>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:23:02 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Yu Peng <pengyu@...inos.cn>
Cc: tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
	x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Yu Peng <pengyu@...inos.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arch/x86/microcode: Mark early_parse_cmdline() as
 __init

On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 01:03:52PM +0800, Yu Peng wrote:
> I found a minimal reproducer: i386_defconfig enable these two options:
> 
> CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL=y
> CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL=y
> 
> On my toolchain (GCC 13.2), this combination instruments the function and
> prevents it from being inlined, which then triggers the modpost error.

Nah, this doesn't help. Anyway, I'll take the patch as it is obvious.

Btw, please do not send your patch so many times - you can simply say what
needs to be fixed and I'll fix it up before applying. Maintainers are not in
a shooting gallery for patches.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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