linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: integrator: fix section mismatch warning

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Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:42:48 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: integrator: fix section mismatch warning

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 9:42 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> gcc-4.6 and older fail to inline integrator_clocksource_init, so they
> end up showing a harmless warning:
>
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x4aa94c): Section mismatch in reference from the function integrator_clocksource_init() to the function .init.text:clocksource_mmio_init()
> The function integrator_clocksource_init() references
> the function __init clocksource_mmio_init().
> This is often because integrator_clocksource_init lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of clocksource_mmio_init is wrong.
>
> This adds the missing __init annotation that makes it build
> cleanly with all compilers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

I guess Daniel will pick this up.

Yours,
Linus Walleij