linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/via-pmu: Fix section mismatch warning

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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:35:50 +0100
From:   Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com>
To:     Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/via-pmu: Fix section mismatch warning

On 14/02/2018 22:15, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Make the struct via_pmu_driver const to avoid following warning:
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.data+0x4739c): Section mismatch in reference from the variable via_pmu_driver to the function .init.text:pmu_init()
> The variable via_pmu_driver references
> the function __init pmu_init()
> If the reference is valid then annotate the
> variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
> *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
> Suggested-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com>
> ---
> v2: pmu_init() is really an init function, leave __init marker
> 
>  drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
> index 94c0f3f7df69..fc56c7067732 100644
> --- a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
> @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static const struct file_operations pmu_battery_proc_fops;
>  static const struct file_operations pmu_options_proc_fops;
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ADB
> -struct adb_driver via_pmu_driver = {
> +const struct adb_driver via_pmu_driver = {
>  	"PMU",
>  	pmu_probe,
>  	pmu_init,
> 

Reviewed-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com>