The patch titled store __setup_str_* in a more compact way has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is store-__setup_str_-in-a-more-compact-way.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: store __setup_str_* in a more compact way From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> __setup_str_* are referenced only during boot, hence there's no need to waste image space for aligning these strings (with the aim of improving performance). Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/init.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/init.h~store-__setup_str_-in-a-more-compact-way include/linux/init.h --- a/include/linux/init.h~store-__setup_str_-in-a-more-compact-way +++ a/include/linux/init.h @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ struct obs_kernel_param { * obs_kernel_param "array" too far apart in .init.setup. */ #define __setup_param(str, unique_id, fn, early) \ - static char __setup_str_##unique_id[] __initdata = str; \ + static char __setup_str_##unique_id[] __initdata __aligned(1) = str; \ static struct obs_kernel_param __setup_##unique_id \ __attribute_used__ \ __attribute__((__section__(".init.setup"))) \ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx are revert-x86_64-mm-intel_cacheinfo-adjustments.patch fix-x86_64-mm-unwinder.patch floppy-tolerate-dma-channel-unavailability.patch cleanup-floppyh.patch handle-recursive-calls-to-bust_spinlocks.patch store-__setup_str_-in-a-more-compact-way.patch cpu-hotplug-thermal_throttle-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-msr-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-cpuid-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-mce-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-intel_cacheinfo-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling.patch cpu-hotplug-intel_cacheinfo-fix-cpu-hotplug-error-handling-fix-a-section-mismatch-warning.patch pnp-dont-fail-device-init-if-no-dma-channel.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html