linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: w83781d doesn't link when built-in

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Date:	Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:35:13 +0100 (CET)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
cc:	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: w83781d doesn't link when built-in

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:20:26 +0100 (CET), Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > When w83781d is built-in, the final links fails with the following vague error
> > message:
> > 
> > `.exit.text' referenced in section `.init.text' of drivers/built-in.o: defined
> > in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/built-in.o
> > 
> > w83781d_isa_unregister() cannot be marked __exit, as it's also called from
> > sensors_w83781d_init(), which is marked __init.
> 
> Good catch, thanks for reporting. For some reason the link doesn't fail
> here.

Probably w83781d_isa_unregister() got inlined?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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