skip_comment() and skip_spaces_until_newline() are static functions
called exclusively from __init code paths but lack the __init
annotation themselves. Add it so their memory can be reclaimed after
init.

Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
---
 lib/bootconfig.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/bootconfig.c b/lib/bootconfig.c
index b0ef1e74e98a..51fd2299ec0f 100644
--- a/lib/bootconfig.c
+++ b/lib/bootconfig.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static inline __init bool xbc_valid_keyword(char *key)
 	return *key == '\0';
 }
 
-static char *skip_comment(char *p)
+static char __init *skip_comment(char *p)
 {
 	char *ret;
 
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static char *skip_comment(char *p)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static char *skip_spaces_until_newline(char *p)
+static char __init *skip_spaces_until_newline(char *p)
 {
 	while (isspace(*p) && *p != '\n')
 		p++;
-- 
2.34.1

On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:19:59 +0000
Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org> wrote:

> skip_comment() and skip_spaces_until_newline() are static functions
> called exclusively from __init code paths but lack the __init
> annotation themselves. Add it so their memory can be reclaimed after
> init.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
> ---
>  lib/bootconfig.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/bootconfig.c b/lib/bootconfig.c
> index b0ef1e74e98a..51fd2299ec0f 100644
> --- a/lib/bootconfig.c
> +++ b/lib/bootconfig.c
> @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static inline __init bool xbc_valid_keyword(char *key)
>  	return *key == '\0';
>  }
>  
> -static char *skip_comment(char *p)
> +static char __init *skip_comment(char *p)

static __init char *skip_comment()

__init attribute is not for char but the function itself.


>  {
>  	char *ret;
>  
> @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static char *skip_comment(char *p)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -static char *skip_spaces_until_newline(char *p)
> +static char __init *skip_spaces_until_newline(char *p)

Ditto.

>  {
>  	while (isspace(*p) && *p != '\n')
>  		p++;
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>