linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix section mismatch warnings in kernel/setup

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Date:	Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:59:45 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Leonardo Potenza <leo.potenza@...il.com>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix section mismatch warnings in
	kernel/setup_percpu.c


* Leonardo Potenza <leo.potenza@...il.com> wrote:

> From: Leonardo Potenza <lpotenza@...ind.it>
> 
> The function setup_cpu_local_masks() has been marked __init, in order to remove the following section mismatch messages:
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x3c2c7): Section mismatch in reference from the function setup_cpu_local_masks() to the function .init.text:alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var()
> The function setup_cpu_local_masks() references
> the function __init alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var().
> This is often because setup_cpu_local_masks lacks a __init 
> annotation or the annotation of alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var is wrong.
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x3c2d3): Section mismatch in reference from the function setup_cpu_local_masks() to the function .init.text:alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var()
> The function setup_cpu_local_masks() references
> the function __init alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var().
> This is often because setup_cpu_local_masks lacks a __init 
> annotation or the annotation of alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var is wrong.
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x3c2df): Section mismatch in reference from the function setup_cpu_local_masks() to the function .init.text:alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var()
> The function setup_cpu_local_masks() references
> the function __init alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var().
> This is often because setup_cpu_local_masks lacks a __init 
> annotation or the annotation of alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var is wrong.
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x3c2eb): Section mismatch in reference from the function setup_cpu_local_masks() to the function .init.text:alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var()
> The function setup_cpu_local_masks() references
> the function __init alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var().
> This is often because setup_cpu_local_masks lacks a __init 
> annotation or the annotation of alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var is wrong.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leonardo Potenza <lpotenza@...ind.it>

applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Leonardo!

	Ingo
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