On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 11:57:02AM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> c/s b28cd21c3628 "x86/build: Use new .nops directive when available"
> introduced a __read_mostly boolean which is included if the toolchain supports
> the .nops directive.
> 
> When CONFIG_LIVEPATCH is compiled out, alternative.o is expected to be a fully
> init module, and toolchain_nops_are_ideal trips the build system check:
> 
>   Error: size of alternative.o:.data.read_mostly is 0x01
>   /local/xen.git/xen/Rules.mk:206: recipe for target 'alternative.init.o' 
> failed
>   make[3]: *** [alternative.init.o] Error 12
> 
> Introduce init_or_livepatch_read_mostly and switch the annotation for
> toolchain_nops_are_ideal.
> 
> Reported-by: Olaf Hering <o...@aepfle.de>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com>

Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.l...@citrix.com>

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