From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 11:27:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] serial: xuartps: add __init to earlycon write method
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On Thursday 07 May 2015 18:14:43 you wrote:
> 2015-05-07 18:08 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>:
> > On Thursday 07 May 2015 18:02:39 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> >> @@ -1075,7 +1075,8 @@ static void cdns_uart_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int ch)
> >>         writel(ch, port->membase + CDNS_UART_FIFO_OFFSET);
> >>  }
> >>
> >> -static void cdns_early_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
> >> +static void __init cdns_early_write(struct console *con, const char *s,
> >> +                                   unsigned n)
> >>  {
> >>         struct earlycon_device *dev = con->data;
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Why?
> >
> 
> I thought this function is used during the early boot stage.
> 
> I am seeing drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
> for reference.
> 
> All the functions in this file are marked as __init.
> 
> Perhaps, am I misunderstanding?
> 

Makes sense, please explain that in the commit message and send the
patch again.

	Arnd