netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] can: pch_can: fix section mismatch warning by using a whitelisted name

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Date:	Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:28:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mkl@...gutronix.de
Cc:	socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	tomoya-linux@....okisemi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] can: pch_can: fix section mismatch warning by
 using a whitelisted name

From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:38:26 +0200

> This patch fixes the following section mismatch warning:
> 
> WARNING: drivers/net/can/pch_can.o(.data+0x18):
> Section mismatch in reference from the variable pch_can_pcidev
> to the variable .devinit.rodata:pch_pci_tbl
> The variable pch_can_pcidev references
> the variable __devinitconst pch_pci_tbl
> 
> This is actually a false positive which is fixed by giving the offending
> variable a whitelisted name, it's renamed to "pch_can_pci_driver".
> This makes sense because the variable is of the type "struct pci_driver".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
> Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

Applied.
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