linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/19] kbuild: suppress modpost warnings for references from the .toc section as used by powerpc

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Date:	Sun, 3 Jun 2007 22:46:26 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	kbuild-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH 06/19] kbuild: suppress modpost warnings for references from the .toc section as used by powerpc

Subject: [PATCH 06/19] kbuild: suppress modpost warnings for references from the .toc section as used by powerpc
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 14:16:13 +1000

We should do better here by effetively "dereferencing" references to
the .toc (or the .got2) section, but that is much harder.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
---
 scripts/mod/modpost.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 760b2b3..f6bae03 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -870,9 +870,12 @@ static void warn_sec_mismatch(const char *modname, const char *fromsec,
 		return;
 
 	/* fromsec whitelist - without a valid 'before'
-	 * powerpc has a GOT table in .got2 section */
+	 * powerpc has a GOT table in .got2 section
+	 * and also a .toc section */
 	if (strcmp(fromsec, ".got2") == 0)
 		return;
+	if (strcmp(fromsec, ".toc") == 0)
+		return;
 
 	if (before && after) {
 		warn("%s(%s+0x%llx): Section mismatch: reference to %s:%s "
-- 
1.5.1.rc3.1544.g8a923


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