linux-kernel - [tip:x86/urgent] x86, apic: Fix false positive section mismatch in numaq

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:57:53 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	rakib.mullick@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, apic: Fix false positive section mismatch in numaq_32.c

Commit-ID:  7473727be884293c8171775a148e1d174d1606e6
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/7473727be884293c8171775a148e1d174d1606e6
Author:     Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
AuthorDate: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:07:19 +0600
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:03:27 +0200

x86, apic: Fix false positive section mismatch in numaq_32.c

The variable apic_numaq placed in noninit section references the
function wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_nmi(), which is in __cpuinit
section. Thus causes a section mismatch warning. To avoid such
mismatch we mark apic_numaq as __refdata.

We were warned by the following warning:

  WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.data+0x932c): Section mismatch in
  reference from the variable apic_numaq to the function
  .cpuinit.text:wakeup_secondary_cpu_via_nmi()

Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
LKML-Reference: <b9df5fa10907120407p6b4f67dtf4d563155488188a@...l.gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c
index 533e59c..ca96e68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c
@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ static void numaq_setup_portio_remap(void)
 		(u_long) xquad_portio, (u_long) num_quads*XQUAD_PORTIO_QUAD);
 }
 
-struct apic apic_numaq = {
+/* Use __refdata to keep false positive warning calm.	*/
+struct apic __refdata apic_numaq = {
 
 	.name				= "NUMAQ",
 	.probe				= probe_numaq,
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