linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm]: vbus: Fix section mismatch warnings in pci-bridge.c

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Message-ID: <4AD48364.4000807@novell.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:40:52 -0400
From:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
To:	Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm]: vbus: Fix section mismatch warnings in pci-bridge.c

Rakib Mullick wrote:
>  The functions vbus_pci_open, _ioq_init, eventq_init,
> vbus_pci_eventq_register are
> annoted with __init and referenced from a function __devinit
> vbus_pci_probe, which
> causes a section mismatch.So annote those functions with __devinit.
> 
>  We were warned by the following warnings:
> 
>   LD      drivers/vbus/vbus-pcibridge.o
> WARNING: drivers/vbus/vbus-pcibridge.o(.devinit.text+0x19e): Section
> mismatch in reference from the function vbus_pci_probe() to the
> function .init.text:vbus_pci_open()
> The function __devinit vbus_pci_probe() references
> a function __init vbus_pci_open().
> If vbus_pci_open is only used by vbus_pci_probe then
> annotate vbus_pci_open with a matching annotation.
> 
> WARNING: drivers/vbus/vbus-pcibridge.o(.devinit.text+0x1f4): Section
> mismatch in reference from the function vbus_pci_probe() to the
> function .init.text:_ioq_init()
> The function __devinit vbus_pci_probe() references
> a function __init _ioq_init().
> If _ioq_init is only used by vbus_pci_probe then
> annotate _ioq_init with a matching annotation.
> 
> WARNING: drivers/vbus/vbus-pcibridge.o(.devinit.text+0x240): Section
> mismatch in reference from the function vbus_pci_probe() to the
> function .init.text:eventq_init()
> The function __devinit vbus_pci_probe() references
> a function __init eventq_init().
> If eventq_init is only used by vbus_pci_probe then
> annotate eventq_init with a matching annotation.
> 
> WARNING: drivers/vbus/vbus-pcibridge.o(.devinit.text+0x45a): Section
> mismatch in reference from the function vbus_pci_probe() to the
> function .init.text:vbus_pci_eventq_register()
> The function __devinit vbus_pci_probe() references
> a function __init vbus_pci_eventq_register().
> If vbus_pci_eventq_register is only used by vbus_pci_probe then
> annotate vbus_pci_eventq_register with a matching annotation.
> 
> ---
> Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>

Applied Rakib, thanks.

Kind Regards,
-Greg


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