On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:33:35 +0200 Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Add __init attribute on functions that are only called from other __init > functions and that are not inlined, at least with gcc version 4.8.4 on an > x86 machine with allyesconfig. Currently, the functions are put in the > .text.unlikely segment. Declaring them as __init will cause them to be > put in the .init.text and to disappear after initialization. > > The result of objdump -x on the functions before the change is as follows: > > 000000000000059a l F .text.unlikely 0000000000000239 alloc_device > 000000000000034e l F .text.unlikely 000000000000002e get_partition_name > 00000000000007d3 l F .text.unlikely 00000000000005da init_nandsim > > And after the change it is as follows: > > 0000000000000029 l F .init.text 0000000000000234 alloc_device > 0000000000000000 l F .init.text 0000000000000029 get_partition_name > 000000000000025d l F .init.text 00000000000005d5 init_nandsim > > 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@xxxxxxx> > > --- > drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Applied, thanks. Boris -- Boris Brezillon, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html