linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix vmi time header bug

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Message-Id: <20070312223136.dc6969f3.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:31:36 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
Cc:	ak@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix vmi time header bug

> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:58:08 -0800 Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com> wrote:
> Some gcc put this function in .init.text because the header didn't 
> match.  For 2.6.21-rc.
> 
> Zach
> 
> 
> [vmi-devinit-header-fix.patch  text/plain (606B)]
> 
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.21/include/asm-i386/vmi_time.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.21.orig/include/asm-i386/vmi_time.h	2007-03-06 18:56:03.000000000 -0800
> +++ linux-2.6.21/include/asm-i386/vmi_time.h	2007-03-12 13:55:16.000000000 -0800
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ extern unsigned long vmi_cpu_khz(void);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
>  extern void __init vmi_timer_setup_boot_alarm(void);
> -extern void __init vmi_timer_setup_secondary_alarm(void);
> +extern void __devinit vmi_timer_setup_secondary_alarm(void);
>  extern void apic_vmi_timer_interrupt(void);
>  #endif

Really truly?   I think we have a _lot_ of declarations which omit the section
qualifier altogether.  How come they don't all break too?

(ARM (at least) in fact does require the section tagging on the declaration as
well as the definition, but we've thus far only fixed that in a couple of places
which were causing breakage).
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