linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 01/11] macintosh/via-pmu: Fix section mismatch warning

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Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 12:35:04 +0200
From:   Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
To:     fthain@...egraphics.com.au
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/11] macintosh/via-pmu: Fix section mismatch warning

On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 10:25 AM Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
> The pmu_init() function has the __init qualifier, but the ops struct
> that holds a pointer to it does not. This causes a build warning.
> The driver works fine because the pointer is only dereferenced early.
>
> The function is so small that there's negligible benefit from using
> the __init qualifier. Remove it to fix the warning, consistent with
> the other ADB drivers.

Would you mind copy/pasting the warning you are seeing.

Make sure you have:

58935176ad17 powerpc/via-pmu: Fix section mismatch warning

Thanks

> Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@...oo.com>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> ---
>  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 25c1ce811053..f8a2c917201f 100644
> --- a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int pmu_probe(void)
>         return vias == NULL? -ENODEV: 0;
>  }
>
> -static int __init pmu_init(void)
> +static int pmu_init(void)
>  {
>         if (vias == NULL)
>                 return -ENODEV;
> --
> 2.16.4
>