linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix section mismatch in reference from native_play

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Date:	Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:32:44 +0200
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix section mismatch in reference from
 native_play_dead

Hello,

On (02/14/11 13:25), Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > Fix 
> > 
> > WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x19cde): Section mismatch in reference from 
> > the function native_play_dead() to the function .cpuinit.text:mwait_usable()
> > The function native_play_dead() references the function __cpuinit mwait_usable().
> > 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> >  arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c |    2 +-
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> > index 0cbe8c0..0b8c6c9 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> > @@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ static inline void hlt_play_dead(void)
> >  	}
> >  }
> >  
> > -void native_play_dead(void)
> > +void __cpuinit native_play_dead(void)
> >  {
> >  	play_dead_common();
> >  	tboot_shutdown(TB_SHUTDOWN_WFS);
> 
> I think the right fix is Boris's fix below. Agreed?
> 
[..]
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
> index 6e6e755..4564c8e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
> @@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ extern void arch_unregister_cpu(int);
>  
>  DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_state);
>  
> -int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *);
> +int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *);
>  
>  #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPU_H */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> index e764fc0..3c189e9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static void poll_idle(void)
>  #define MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO		0x01
>  #define MWAIT_EDX_C1			0xf0
>  
> -int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> +int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>  {
>  	u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
>  
> 

`int mwait_usable(..)' is called from `void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(...)'

I think we still have section mismatch in this case. Is it correct?


	Sergey

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