linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Fixing __cpuinit/_

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Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:43:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux-kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Fixing __cpuinit/__init tangle.


* Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com> wrote:

> Impact:	 Fixing __cpuinit/__init tangle.
> 
> This patch removes the following section mismatch warning. A patch set
> was send previously (http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/10/407). But
> introduce some other problem, reported by Rufus
> (http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/11/46). Then Ingo Molnar suggest that,
> it's best to remove __init from xsave_cntxt_init(void). Which is the
> second patch in this series. Now, this one removes the following
> warning.
> 
> WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.cpuinit.text+0x2237): Section
> mismatch in reference from the function cpu_init() to the function
> .init.text:init_thread_xstate()
> The function __cpuinit cpu_init() references
> a function __init init_thread_xstate().
> If init_thread_xstate is only used by cpu_init then
> annotate init_thread_xstate with a matching annotation.
> 
> Thanks.

applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Rakib!

	Ingo
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