linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Fix false positive section mismatch warnings in the apic code

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Message-ID: <49EAFACD.6040302@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:19:57 +0200
From:	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rakib.mullick@...il.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Fix false positive section mismatch warnings
 in the apic code

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> tip-bot for Rakib Mullick pisze:
>>> Commit-ID:  aa57a15ad17d284e62fbd24cf7e0eb628b2cb3f7
>>> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/aa57a15ad17d284e62fbd24cf7e0eb628b2cb3f7
>>> Author:     Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
>>> AuthorDate: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:41:17 +0600
>>> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>>> CommitDate: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:28:18 +0200
>>>
>>> x86: Fix false positive section mismatch warnings in the apic code
>>>
>>> find_unisys_acpi_oem_table() and unmap_unisys_acpi_oem_table() 
>>> are non init functions, but these functions calls some init 
>>> functions. But we need these functions as non-init functions.
>> Why? This warning seems to be valid.
> 
> It's put into struct apic::acpi_madt_oem_check - which is a non-init 
> structure. That particular field is only used from init context - 
> but other fields are used all the time.

Can we have a rule that "every __ref usage should have a comment explaining
why __ref is safe in this place"? 

Marcin

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