Re: [PATCH RFC 03/22] x86/topology: remove arch_*register_cpu() exports
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- To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 03/22] x86/topology: remove arch_*register_cpu() exports
- From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:42:24 +0000
- Cc: <linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <loongarch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-csky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@xxxxxxxxxx>, <jianyong.wu@xxxxxxx>, <justin.he@xxxxxxx>, James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
- In-reply-to: <E1r0JKv-00CTwf-R9@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk>
- Organization: Huawei Technologies Research and Development (UK) Ltd.
- References: <ZUoRY33AAHMc5ThW@shell.armlinux.org.uk> <E1r0JKv-00CTwf-R9@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk>
On Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:29:33 +0000
"Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> arch_register_cpu() and arch_unregister_cpu() are not used by anything
> that can be a module - they are used by drivers/base/cpu.c and
> drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c, neither of which can be a module.
>
> Remove the exports.
>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Would be 'novel' to have CPUs registered by a module.
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
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