linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] eeepc_laptop: Properly annote eeepc_enable

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Date:	Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:35:27 +0200
From:	Corentin Chary <corentincj@...aif.net>
To:	Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
Cc:	acpi4asus-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eeepc_laptop: Properly annote eeepc_enable_camera().

On Friday 02 October 2009 07:31:51 Rakib Mullick wrote:
>  Currenlty the annotation for function eeepc_enable_camera() is
> __init, and refers to a function eeepc_hotk_add() which is non-init.
> Use __devinit for both functions which is
>  more appropriate and fixes a section mismatch warning.
> 
>  We were warned by the following warning:
> 
>   LD      drivers/platform/x86/built-in.o
> WARNING: drivers/platform/x86/built-in.o(.text+0x12e1): Section
> mismatch in reference from the function eeepc_hotk_add() to the
> function .init.text:eeepc_enable_camera()
> The function eeepc_hotk_add() references
> the function __init eeepc_enable_camera().
> This is often because eeepc_hotk_add lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of eeepc_enable_camera is wrong.
> 
> ----
> Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
> 
> --- linus/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c	2009-09-28
> 12:05:21.000000000 +0600
> +++ rakib/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c	2009-09-29
> 23:40:00.000000000 +0600
> @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static const struct rfkill_ops eeepc_rfk
>  	.set_block = eeepc_rfkill_set,
>  };
> 
> -static void __init eeepc_enable_camera(void)
> +static void __devinit eeepc_enable_camera(void)
>  {
>  	/*
>  	 * If the following call to set_acpi() fails, it's because there's no
> @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ static int eeepc_input_init(struct devic
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> -static int eeepc_hotk_add(struct acpi_device *device)
> +static int __devinit eeepc_hotk_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>  {
>  	struct device *dev;
>  	int result;
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Hi,
Your patch is broken, probably due to wordwrap.

$ git am /tmp/\[PATCH\]\ eeepc_laptop\:\ Properly\ annote\ eeepc_enable_camera\(\)
Applying: eeepc_laptop: Properly annote eeepc_enable_camera().
fatal: patch fragment without header at line 5: @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static const struct rfkill_ops eeepc_rfk
Patch failed at 0001 eeepc_laptop: Properly annote eeepc_enable_camera().

Please re-send it (you can use git send-emails).
Also, please name it eeepc-laptop, not eeepc_laptop
Thanks,

-- 
Corentin Chary
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