linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma: ipu: ipu_idmac: Fix section mismatch

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Date:	Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:39:59 +0200
From:	"Maxin B. John" <maxin.john@...il.com>
To:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Cc:	vinod.koul@...el.com, maxin.john@...a.com, s.hauer@...gutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma: ipu: ipu_idmac: Fix section mismatch

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
>
> Since commit 84c1e63c12 (dma: Remove erroneous __exit and __exit_p() references)
> the following section mismatch happens:
>
> WARNING: drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x20f94): Section mismatch in reference from the function ipu_remove() to the function .exit.text:ipu_idmac_exit()
> The function ipu_remove() references a function in an exit section.
> Often the function ipu_idmac_exit() has valid usage outside the exit section
> and the fix is to remove the __exit annotation of ipu_idmac_exit.
>
> Remove the '__exit' annotation from ipu_idmac_exit in order to fix it.

Good catch...
Acked-by:  Maxin B. John <maxin.john@...a.com>

> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/ipu/ipu_idmac.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/ipu/ipu_idmac.c b/drivers/dma/ipu/ipu_idmac.c
> index d6d5d7e..d39c2cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/ipu/ipu_idmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/ipu/ipu_idmac.c
> @@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ static int __init ipu_idmac_init(struct ipu *ipu)
>         return dma_async_device_register(&idmac->dma);
>  }
>
> -static void __exit ipu_idmac_exit(struct ipu *ipu)
> +static void ipu_idmac_exit(struct ipu *ipu)
>  {
>         int i;
>         struct idmac *idmac = &ipu->idmac;
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
> --

Warm Regards,
Maxin
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