[PATCH] arm64: alternatives: make apply_alternatives_vdso() static

Jisheng Zhang jszhang at kernel.org
Fri Dec 2 08:12:35 PST 2022


On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 01:16:50PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> We define and use apply_alternatives_vdso() within alternative.c, and
> don't provide a prototype in a header. There's no need for it to be
> visible outside of alternative.c, so mark it as static.
> 
> There should be no functional change as a result of this patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly at arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
> index 91263d09ea65..0f5eaa4c3a39 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void __apply_alternatives(const struct alt_region *region,
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -void apply_alternatives_vdso(void)
> +static void apply_alternatives_vdso(void)

I found this function can be marked as __init as well.

Thanks
>  {
>  	struct alt_region region;
>  	const struct elf64_hdr *hdr;
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 
> 
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