linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform_driver_register: warn if probe is in .init.text

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Date:	Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:59:20 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform_driver_register:  warn if probe is in
 .init.text

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:00:14PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> > > Are you conviced and took the patch or did you give up to convince me?
> > 
> > Heh, no, sorry, it got burried in my queue.
> > 
> > > I still think the patch is correct and I'd like to have it applied.
> > 
> > Ok, let's test it out in the linux-next tree for a while to make sure it
> > works properly.  Care to send me an updated version?
> I updated to latest Linus' master.  It applies to linux-next from
> Fri Jul 10 14:44:30 2009 +1000 as is.
> 
> Back some time I sent a series that fixes many of these bugs.  I will
> update it later today and resend.
> 
> Best regards and thanks,
> Uwe
> 
> ---->8----
> From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> Subject: [PATCH] platform_driver_register:  warn if probe is in .init.text
> 
> with HOTPLUG=y it's wrong to register a platform_driver whose probe
> function lives in .init.text because the probe function can be called
> (e.g. via sysfs or by registering a device late) after the init sections
> are already discarded.  This results in an oops.
> 
> So warn if such a driver is registered.
> 
> Without HOTPLUG the probe function can (and should) be discarded if the
> driver is registered while the init sections are still available.
> In this case warn if the probe function isn't discarded later.  (As
> described in the comments there is a small chance for a wrong warning.
> But as HOTPLUG=n is unusual today and the situation is strage enough to
> be cleaned up anyhow, I think this is OK.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

This code kills the build in very bad ways :(

So much so that the error messages scroll away, but it starts out with:

In file included from /home/gregkh/work/linux/gregkh-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:45,
                 from /home/gregkh/work/linux/gregkh-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:5,
                 from /home/gregkh/work/linux/gregkh-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:15,
                 from /home/gregkh/work/linux/gregkh-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic_32.h:6,
                 from /home/gregkh/work/linux/gregkh-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:2,
                 from include/linux/crypto.h:20,
                 from arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c:7,
                 from arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c:2:
include/linux/kernel.h: In function ‘core_kernel_init_text’:
include/linux/kernel.h:207: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__kernel_text_address’
include/linux/kernel.h:208: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘kernel_text_address’
include/linux/kernel.h:209: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘kernel_init_text_address’
include/linux/kernel.h:210: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘func_ptr_is_kernel_text’
include/linux/kernel.h:212: warning: empty declaration


Care to respin this?

thanks,

greg k-h
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