linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch_topology: Fix section miss match warning due to free_raw

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Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:20:19 -0700
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Prasad Sodagudi <psodagud@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, juri.lelli@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch_topology: Fix section miss match warning due to
 free_raw_capacity()

On 25-09-17, 15:51, Prasad Sodagudi wrote:
> Remove the __init annotation from free_raw_capacity() to avoid
> the following warning.
> 
> The function init_cpu_capacity_callback() references the
> function __init free_raw_capacity().
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x425cc0): Section mismatch in reference
> from the function init_cpu_capacity_callback() to the function
> .init.text:free_raw_capacity().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Prasad Sodagudi <psodagud@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> index 41be9ff..3da53cc 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int register_cpu_capacity_sysctl(void)
>  static u32 capacity_scale;
>  static u32 *raw_capacity;
>  
> -static int __init free_raw_capacity(void)
> +static int free_raw_capacity(void)
>  {
>  	kfree(raw_capacity);
>  	raw_capacity = NULL;

So we need the __init thing only when cpufreq support isn't there in the kernel
and I am not sure if we want to add more ifdef hackery in the declaration of
free_raw_capacity().

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh