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From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
To: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
Subject: Re: no-op delay loops
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 07:31:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <565DBD69.7000701@twiddle.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874mg3b2h5.fsf@rasmusvillemoes.dk>

On 11/30/2015 01:29 PM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> ./arch/alpha/boot/main.c:187:1-4: no-op delay loop

Not sure why this is there.  The runkernel function that preceeds it cannot 
return, having performed an indirect branch (not a call) to the kernel start.

I see no reason to actually change anything, unless someone insists that this 
be remove to avoid future similar analysis.


r~

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-12-01 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-27  8:53 no-op delay loops Rasmus Villemoes
2015-11-27  9:04 ` yalin wang
2015-11-27  9:25   ` Andy Shevchenko
2015-11-27 11:17 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-11-30 21:29   ` Rasmus Villemoes
2015-11-30 21:44     ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-12-01  1:25     ` Ralf Baechle
2015-12-01 15:31     ` Richard Henderson [this message]
2015-11-27 11:20 ` Ralf Baechle

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