linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Disable modpost warnings for linkonce sections

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Message-ID: <20080511081156.GA25696@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Sun, 11 May 2008 10:11:56 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable modpost warnings for linkonce sections

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 01:41:11PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Disable modpost warnings for linkonce sections
> 
> My build gives lots of warnings like
> 
> WARNING: sound/core/snd.o (.gnu.linkonce.wi.mpspec_def.h.30779716): unexpected section name.
> The (.[number]+) following section name are ld generated and not expected.
> Did you forget to use "ax"/"aw" in a .S file?
> Note that for example <linux/init.h> contains
> section definitions for use in .S files.
> 
> But for .linkonce. duplicated sections are actually ok and expected.
> So just disable the warning for this case.

Agreed.
Applied and pushed out.

	Sam
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