[PATCH 3/5] clocksource/drivers/mtk_timer: add __init attribute
Matthias Brugger
matthias.bgg at gmail.com
Mon Apr 18 08:51:41 PDT 2016
On 18/04/16 16:55, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Add __init attribute on a function that is only called from other __init
> functions and that is not inlined, at least with gcc version 4.8.4 on an
> x86 machine with allyesconfig. Currently, the function is put in the
> .text.unlikely segment. Declaring it as __init will cause it to be put in
> the .init.text and to disappear after initialization.
>
> The result of objdump -x on the function before the change is as follows:
>
> 0000000000000000 l F .text.unlikely 000000000000006f mtk_timer_setup.isra.4
>
> And after the change it is as follows:
>
> 0000000000000000 l F .init.text 000000000000006a mtk_timer_setup.isra.4
>
> Done with the help of Coccinelle. The semantic patch checks for local
> static non-init functions that are called from an __init function and are
> not called from any other function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall at lip6.fr>
>
Acked-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg at gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/clocksource/mtk_timer.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/mtk_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/mtk_timer.c
> index d67bc35..7e583f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/mtk_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/mtk_timer.c
> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mtk_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> }
>
> static void
> -mtk_timer_setup(struct mtk_clock_event_device *evt, u8 timer, u8 option)
> +__init mtk_timer_setup(struct mtk_clock_event_device *evt, u8 timer, u8 option)
> {
> writel(TIMER_CTRL_CLEAR | TIMER_CTRL_DISABLE,
> evt->gpt_base + TIMER_CTRL_REG(timer));
>
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