Ping²: [PATCH] x86/CPUID: move some static masks into .init

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 31.07.2020 16:55, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 15.07.2020 09:45, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Except for hvm_shadow_max_featuremask and deep_features they're
>> referenced by __init functions only.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpuid.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpuid.c
>> @@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
>>  const uint32_t known_features[] = INIT_KNOWN_FEATURES;
>>  const uint32_t special_features[] = INIT_SPECIAL_FEATURES;
>>  
>> -static const uint32_t pv_max_featuremask[] = INIT_PV_MAX_FEATURES;
>> +static const uint32_t __initconst pv_max_featuremask[] = 
>> INIT_PV_MAX_FEATURES;
>>  static const uint32_t hvm_shadow_max_featuremask[] = 
>> INIT_HVM_SHADOW_MAX_FEATURES;
>> -static const uint32_t hvm_hap_max_featuremask[] = INIT_HVM_HAP_MAX_FEATURES;
>> -static const uint32_t pv_def_featuremask[] = INIT_PV_DEF_FEATURES;
>> -static const uint32_t hvm_shadow_def_featuremask[] = 
>> INIT_HVM_SHADOW_DEF_FEATURES;
>> -static const uint32_t hvm_hap_def_featuremask[] = INIT_HVM_HAP_DEF_FEATURES;
>> +static const uint32_t __initconst hvm_hap_max_featuremask[] =
>> +    INIT_HVM_HAP_MAX_FEATURES;
>> +static const uint32_t __initconst pv_def_featuremask[] = 
>> INIT_PV_DEF_FEATURES;
>> +static const uint32_t __initconst hvm_shadow_def_featuremask[] =
>> +    INIT_HVM_SHADOW_DEF_FEATURES;
>> +static const uint32_t __initconst hvm_hap_def_featuremask[] =
>> +    INIT_HVM_HAP_DEF_FEATURES;
>>  static const uint32_t deep_features[] = INIT_DEEP_FEATURES;
>>  
>>  static int __init parse_xen_cpuid(const char *s)

While I seem to recall that you, Andrew, said on irc that this change
may need almost immediate reverting with some further work you were
meaning to do, this work hasn't surfaced in the 8.5 months this patch
has been pending. Therefore I think I should have gone in right at
the time. Even if it's going to get (partly) reverted over time, I
think until such time it is benefitial to have that data moved to
.init. I therefore intend to commit this, again if need be without
any acks, once the tree is fully open again.

Jan