Re: [PATCH] init: consolidate trap_init()

[Jisheng Zhang <Jisheng.Zhang@synaptics.com>]

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:27:57 +0800
Jisheng Zhang <Jisheng.Zhang@synaptics.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:10:42 +0200
> Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> wrote:
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> > Le 14/04/2021 à 10:58, Jisheng Zhang a écrit :  
> > > Many architectures implement the trap_init() as NOP, since there is
> > > no such default for trap_init(), this empty stub is duplicated among
> > > these architectures. Provide a generic but weak NOP implementation
> > > to drop the empty stubs of trap_init() in these architectures.  
> >
> > You define the weak function in the __init section.
> >
> > Most but not all architectures had it in __init section.
> >
> > And the remaining ones may not be defined in __init section. For instance look at the one in alpha
> > architecture.
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> > Have you checked that it is not a problem ? It would be good to say something about it in the commit
> > description.  
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> For those non-nop platforms, I can only test x86/arm64/, but both has
> __init mark. I'm not sure whether this is a problem for alpha etc. Maybe
> I can check which section the trap_init() sits. Or to avoid any possible
> regression, I can add __init mark to those remaining ones without it in
> preparation patches.
> 

Hi,

I found only three platforms don't have the __init marker for trap_init(), I
will add the __init marker in three preparation patches in new version.

thanks