Re: [PATCH 4/5] serial: convert early_uart to earlycon for 8250

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 30 May 2007 12:58:11 -0700
Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> +int update_console_cmdline(char *name, int idx, char *name_new, int idx_new, char *options)
> >> +{
> >> +	struct console_cmdline *c;
> >> +	int i;
> >> +
> >> +	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && console_cmdline[i].name[0]; i++)
> >> +		if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, name) == 0 &&
> >> +			  console_cmdline[i].index == idx) {
> >> +				c = &console_cmdline[i];
> >> +				memcpy(c->name, name_new, sizeof(c->name));
> >> +				c->name[sizeof(c->name) - 1] = 0;
> >> +				c->options = options;
> >> +				c->index = idx_new;
> >> +				return i;
> >> +		}
> >> +	/* not found */
> >> +	return -1;
> >> +}
> > 
> > Shouldn't this be __init?
> > 
> > serial8250_find_port_for_earlycon() had its __init removed.  Why?
> with __init, the compiler will cry about .init.text and .text missection.

But was this the correct fix for that?  afaict the only caller of
this function is __init anyway.
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