linux-kernel - [PATCH] hwmon: Fix spurious section mismatch warning in sht15.c

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:01:47 +0600
From:	Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
To:	lm-sensors@...sensors.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: Fix spurious section mismatch warning in sht15.c

Fix spurious section mismatch warnings, caused due to reference from
variable sht_drivers to
 __devinit/__devexit functions sht15_probe()/remove().

 We were warned by the following warnings:

  LD      drivers/hwmon/built-in.o
WARNING: drivers/hwmon/built-in.o(.data+0x264a0): Section mismatch in
reference from the variable sht_drivers to the function
.devinit.text:sht15_probe()
The variable sht_drivers references
the function __devinit sht15_probe()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,

WARNING: drivers/hwmon/built-in.o(.data+0x264a4): Section mismatch in
reference from the variable sht_drivers to the function
.devexit.text:sht15_remove()
The variable sht_drivers references
the function __devexit sht15_remove()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __exit* (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,

WARNING: drivers/hwmon/built-in.o(.data+0x264f0): Section mismatch in
reference from the variable sht_drivers to the function
.devinit.text:sht15_probe()
The variable sht_drivers references
the function __devinit sht15_probe()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,

WARNING: drivers/hwmon/built-in.o(.data+0x264f4): Section mismatch in
reference from the variable sht_drivers to the function
.devexit.text:sht15_remove()
The variable sht_drivers references
the function __devexit sht15_remove()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __exit* (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,

WARNING: drivers/hwmon/built-in.o(.data+0x26540): Section mismatch in
reference from the variable sht_drivers to the function
.devinit.text:sht15_probe()
The variable sht_drivers references
the function __devinit sht15_probe()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,

WARNING: drivers/hwmon/built-in.o(.data+0x26544): Section mismatch in
reference from the variable sht_drivers to the function
.devexit.text:sht15_remove()
The variable sht_drivers references
the function __devexit sht15_remove()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __exit* (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,

WARNING: drivers/hwmon/built-in.o(.data+0x26590): Section mismatch in
reference from the variable sht_drivers to the function
.devinit.text:sht15_probe()
The variable sht_drivers references
the function __devinit sht15_probe()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,

-------
Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>

--- linus/drivers/hwmon/sht15.c	2009-09-22 16:28:07.000000000 +0600
+++ rakib/drivers/hwmon/sht15.c	2009-09-23 14:47:48.000000000 +0600
@@ -619,8 +619,12 @@ static int __devexit sht15_remove(struct
 	return 0;
 }

-
-static struct platform_driver sht_drivers[] = {
+/*
+ * sht_drivers simultaneously refers to __devinit and __devexit function
+ * which causes spurious section mismatch warning. So use __refdata to
+ * get rid from this.
+ */
+static struct platform_driver __refdata sht_drivers[] = {
 	{
 		.driver = {
 			.name = "sht10",
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/