linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] console: fix section mismatch warning in vgacon.c

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707221218130.18493@anakin>
Date:	Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:20:08 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] console: fix section mismatch warning in vgacon.c

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 23:27 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > Fix following section mismatch warning:
> > WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x121e62): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:__alloc_bootmem (between 'vgacon_startup' and 'vgacon_scrolldelta')
> > 
> > Browsing the code it seems that vgacon_scrollback_startup() is only
> > called during the init phase so the reference to the .init.text
> > section is OK.
> > Teach modpost not to warn using ___init_refok.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> Acked-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@...il.com>

I assume the check for `vga_init_done' in vgacon_startup() is sufficient to
prevent vgacon_scrollback_startup() from being called later due to
(un)bind_con_driver()?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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