linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: Add "Section mismatch" warning whitelist for powerpc

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2007 17:36:40 +0800
From:	"Li Yang-r58472" <LeoLi@...escale.com>
To:	"Kumar Gala" <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	"Linus" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>,
	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: Add "Section mismatch" warning whitelist for powerpc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kumar Gala [mailto:galak@...nel.crashing.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 9:57 PM
> To: Sam Ravnborg
> Cc: Li Yang-r58472; Linus; Andrew Morton; Linux Kernel;
linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: Add "Section mismatch" warning
whitelist for
> powerpc
> 
> 
> On May 14, 2007, at 6:06 AM, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 06:53:32PM +0800, Li Yang wrote:
> >> This patch fixes the following "Section mismatch" warnings when
> >> build powerpc platforms.
> >>
> >> -------------
> >> WARNING: arch/powerpc/mm/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference
to
> >> .init.text:early_get_page from .text between
> >> 'pte_alloc_one_kernel' (at
> >> offset 0xc68) and 'pte_alloc_one'
> >> WARNING: mm/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to
> >> .init.text:set_up_list3s from .text between
> >> 'kmem_cache_create' (at offset
> >> 0x20300) and 'cache_reap'
> >> -------------
> 
> This warnings should be handled by __init_refok instead.

Yes.  When __init_refok gets in, we can change all Pattern 9 members in
the whitelist to use __init_refok.

- Leo
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