linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix setion mismatch warning.

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Date:	Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:28:49 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix setion mismatch warning.


* Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com> wrote:

> Impact: Fix section mismatch warning.
> 
> Here function vmi_activate calls a init function activate_vmi , which
> causes the following section mismatch warnings. This patch fixes it.
> 
>   LD      arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o
> WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x13ba9): Section mismatch
> in reference from the function vmi_activate() to the function
> .init.text:vmi_time_init()
> The function vmi_activate() references
> the function __init vmi_time_init().
> This is often because vmi_activate lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of vmi_time_init is wrong.
> 
> WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x13bd1): Section mismatch
> in reference from the function vmi_activate() to the function
> .devinit.text:vmi_time_bsp_init()
> The function vmi_activate() references
> the function __devinit vmi_time_bsp_init().
> This is often because vmi_activate lacks a __devinit
> annotation or the annotation of vmi_time_bsp_init is wrong.
> 
> WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x13bdb): Section mismatch
> in reference from the function vmi_activate() to the function
> .devinit.text:vmi_time_ap_init()
> The function vmi_activate() references
> the function __devinit vmi_time_ap_init().
> This is often because vmi_activate lacks a __devinit
> annotation or the annotation of vmi_time_ap_init is wrong.
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>

applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Rakib.

Note, the patch was corrupted here:

> +void __init vmi_activate(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned long flags;
> --

that's too short - context diffs have 3 closing lines. I fixed this up 
manually.

I also fixed the typo in the subject line.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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