nohz_full_buf[] is used at only one place, i.e. inside tick_nohz_init(). Make it a local variable. Can move it out in case it is used in some other routines in future.
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar viresh.kumar@linaro.org --- kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c index d8b9a69..22b9505 100644 --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c @@ -321,13 +321,6 @@ static int tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, return NOTIFY_OK; }
-/* - * Worst case string length in chunks of CPU range seems 2 steps - * separations: 0,2,4,6,... - * This is NR_CPUS + sizeof('\0') - */ -static char __initdata nohz_full_buf[NR_CPUS + 1]; - static int tick_nohz_init_all(void) { int err = -1; @@ -347,6 +340,12 @@ static int tick_nohz_init_all(void)
void __init tick_nohz_init(void) { + /* + * Worst case string length in chunks of CPU range seems 2 steps + * separations: 0,2,4,6,... + * This is NR_CPUS + sizeof('\0') + */ + char nohz_full_buf[NR_CPUS + 1]; int cpu;
if (!tick_nohz_full_running) {