linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ALSA: more section mismatches

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:26:19 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, perex@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: more section mismatches

At Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:39:49 -0700,
Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:05:15 -0700
> Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> > 
> > Fix section mismatch warnings:
> > 
> > WARNING: sound/built-in.o(.exit.text+0x3ad): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'sb_exit' and 'unload_uart6850')
> > WARNING: sound/built-in.o(.exit.text+0x753): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'snd_mts64_module_exit' and 'snd_portman_module_exit')
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> > ---
> >  sound/drivers/mts64.c |    2 +-
> >  sound/oss/sb_card.c   |    2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > --- linux-2622-rc6.orig/sound/drivers/mts64.c
> > +++ linux-2622-rc6/sound/drivers/mts64.c
> > @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ static struct platform_driver snd_mts64_
> >  /*********************************************************************
> >   * module init stuff
> >   *********************************************************************/
> > -static void __init_or_module snd_mts64_unregister_all(void)
> > +static void snd_mts64_unregister_all(void)
> 
> Well this is called from __exit, so __init_or_module isn't right.  But we
> don't have an __exit_or_module.

Well, the name is a bit confusing.  As Adrian pointed, it's called
_only_ from init or module.

> 
> >  {
> >  	int i;
> >  
> > --- linux-2622-rc6.orig/sound/oss/sb_card.c
> > +++ linux-2622-rc6/sound/oss/sb_card.c
> > @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static struct pnp_card_driver sb_pnp_dri
> >  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pnp_card, sb_pnp_card_table);
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_PNP */
> >  
> > -static void __init_or_module sb_unregister_all(void)
> > +static void sb_unregister_all(void)
> >  {
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_PNP
> >  	if (pnp_registered)
> 
> One of these is alsa and the other isn't.
> 
> But what the heck: obviously safe, I'll slam it all in.

Yes, I'll merge them to ALSA tree, too.
A few bytes of diet won't be a big win in comparison with annoyance by
compiler warnings.   ... Or, fix the tool!


Takashi
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