Hey Stephen- Nit/suggestion below: On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 03:08:53PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: [..] > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h > index a8cae71c..c27ec55 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h > @@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ struct smp_operations { > #endif > }; > > +struct of_cpu_method { > + const char *method; > + struct smp_operations *ops; > +}; > + > +#define CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE(name, _method, _ops) \ > + static const struct of_cpu_method __cpu_method_of_table_##name \ > + __used __section(__cpu_method_of_table) \ > + = { .method = _method, .ops = _ops } > /* > * set platform specific SMP operations > */ > diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c > index f35906b..71a8592 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c > @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ > #include <asm/smp_plat.h> > #include <asm/mach/arch.h> > #include <asm/mach-types.h> > +#include <asm/smp.h> > > void __init early_init_dt_add_memory_arch(u64 base, u64 size) > { > @@ -63,6 +64,36 @@ void __init arm_dt_memblock_reserve(void) > } > } > > +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP > +extern struct of_cpu_method __cpu_method_of_table[]; > + > +static const struct of_cpu_method __cpu_method_of_table_sentinel > + __used __section(__cpu_method_of_table_end); Having a sentinel allocated into the linked image makes a lot of sense in other cases (IRQCHIP/CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE, etc), where it's used to terminate an of_device_id table (as is expected by of_match_table and friends). In this case, however, you aren't building a match table, so having a sentinel allocated isn't necessary. I'd suggest bookending the table with a VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__cpu_method_of_table_end) instead. A whole 2 pointers worth of savings! -- The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, hosted by The Linux Foundation -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html