Add a comment clarifying the need for the __ref annotation of
acpi_os_unmap_iomem(). It's safe, however, as acpi_early_init() will set
acpi_gbl_permanent_mmap to 1, disabling the problematic branch.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/acpi/osl.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index 3b8963f21b36..7e85fb84e536 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ static void acpi_os_map_cleanup(struct acpi_ioremap *map)
        }
 }
 
+/* The __ref annotation is needed as during init we may call out to
+ * __acpi_unmap_table() which is an __init annotated function.
+ */
 void __ref acpi_os_unmap_iomem(void __iomem *virt, acpi_size size)
 {
        struct acpi_ioremap *map;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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