linux-kernel - [PATCH] [POWERPC] suppress modpost warnings for references from the .toc

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Date:	Thu, 24 May 2007 14:16:13 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	paulus@...ba.org, ppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] [POWERPC] suppress modpost warnings for references from the
 .toc

We should do better here by effetively "dereferencing" references to
the .toc (or the .got2) section, but that is much harder.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
---
 scripts/mod/modpost.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 8e5610d..fe5f89b 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -865,9 +865,12 @@ static void warn_sec_mismatch(const char *modname, const char *fromsec,
 		return;
 
 	/* fromsec whitelist - without a valid 'before'
-	 * powerpc has a GOT table in .got2 section */
+	 * powerpc has a GOT table in .got2 section
+	 * and also a .toc section */
 	if (strcmp(fromsec, ".got2") == 0)
 		return;
+	if (strcmp(fromsec, ".toc") == 0)
+		return;
 
 	if (before && after) {
 		warn("%s(%s+0x%llx): Section mismatch: reference to %s:%s "
-- 
1.5.1.4

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