1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 21d658cdfa27..11b84e106053 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ extern void (*late_time_init)(void);
         __attribute__((__section__(".initcall" level ".init"))) = fn
 
 /*
+ * Early initcalls run before initializing SMP.
+ *
+ * Only for built-in code, not modules.
+ */
+#define early_initcall(fn)              __define_initcall("early",fn,early)
+
+/*
  * A "pure" initcall has no dependencies on anything else, and purely
  * initializes variables that couldn't be statically initialized.
  *
@@ -275,13 +282,7 @@ void __init parse_early_param(void);
 
 #define security_initcall(fn)           module_init(fn)
 
-/* These macros create a dummy inline: gcc 2.9x does not count alias
- as usage, hence the `unused function' warning when __init functions
- are declared static. We use the dummy __*_module_inline functions
- both to kill the warning and check the type of the init/cleanup
- function. */
-
-/* Each module must use one module_init(), or one no_module_init */
+/* Each module must use one module_init(). */
 #define module_init(initfn)                                     \
         static inline initcall_t __inittest(void)               \
         { return initfn; }                                      \