linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][2.6.24-rc2-mm1] memory hotplug x86_64 fix [3/3] fix section mismatch in init_memory

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Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:59:35 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	apw@...dowen.org, kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6.24-rc2-mm1] memory hotplug x86_64 fix [3/3] fix
 section mismatch in init_memory_mapping

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:36:39 +0900
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> 
> Changes __meminit to __init_refok.
> ==
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x1d07c): Section mismatch: reference to
> .init.text:find_e820_area (between 'init_memory_mapping' and 'arch_add_memory')
> ==
> 
> Changelog:
>  * changes __init_refok from find_early_table_space() to
>    init_memory_mapping().
> 
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> 
>  arch/x86/mm/init_64.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc2-mm1.orig/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static void __init find_early_table_spac
>  /* Setup the direct mapping of the physical memory at PAGE_OFFSET.
>     This runs before bootmem is initialized and gets pages directly from the 
>     physical memory. To access them they are temporarily mapped. */
> -void __meminit init_memory_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> +void __init_refok init_memory_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
>  { 
>  	unsigned long next; 
>  

again, I _think_ this fixes a bug in mainline.  Can you check that please?
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