linux-kernel - [PATCH] kernel/profile: Fix profile

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Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:48:23 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kernel/profile: Fix profile_init() section mismatch.

profile_init() calls in to alloc_bootmem() on early initialization.
While alloc_bootmem() is __init, the reference itself is safe in
that it is tucked below a !slab_is_available() check. So, flag
profile_init() as __ref.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>

---

 kernel/profile.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index a9e422d..9830a03 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int profile_setup(char *str)
 __setup("profile=", profile_setup);

-int profile_init(void)
+int __ref profile_init(void)
 {
 	int buffer_bytes;
 	if (!prof_on)
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