linux-kernel - Re: ehci post 3.0: new section mismatch of ehci_bios_handoff() to ehci_dmi_nohandoff

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Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:51:23 -0400
From:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Anisse Astier <anisse@...ier.eu>,
	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ehci post 3.0: new section mismatch of ehci_bios_handoff() to ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 05:01:20PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> commit 03c75362181b0b1d6a330e7cf8def10ba988dfbe "ehci: refactor pci quirk
>> to use standard dmi_check_system method" added a new section mismatch.  A
>> web search shows that there is already a fix for this from Arnaud.
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/996112/mbox/
>>
>> Unless I am looking at a wrong git tree, the fix is not committed yet.
>>
>> The section mismatch:
>>
>> WARNING: drivers/built-in.o(.devinit.text+0x2e37): Section mismatch in
>> reference from the function ehci_bios_handoff() to the
>> variable .init.rodata:ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table
>> The function __devinit ehci_bios_handoff() references
>> a variable __initconst ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table.
>> If ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table is only used by ehci_bios_handoff then
>> annotate ehci_dmi_nohandoff_table with a matching annotation.
>
> Same here on -rc1 :(.
>
> Can someone please pick up the fix already? Greg?
>
greg added my patch to his usb tree yesterday.

 - Arnaud

> Thanks.
>
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