linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] devtmpfs: Fix section mismatch warning

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Message-ID: <20110821031555.GA25900@suse.de>
Date:	Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:15:55 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Harvey Yang <harvey.huawei.yang@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] devtmpfs: Fix section mismatch warning

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:44:15AM +0800, Harvey Yang wrote:
> drivers/base/built-in.o(.text+0xe554): Section mismatch in reference f
> rom the function devtmpfsd() to the variable .init.data:setup_done
> The function devtmpfsd() references
> the variable __initdata setup_done.
> This is often because devtmpfsd lacks a __initdata
> annotation or the annotation of setup_done is wrong.
> 
> "setup_done" is not used after init. but putting it into initdata section leads a section mismatch warning, so initialize it dynamically in __init function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Harvey Yang <harvey.huawei.yang@...il.com>

Already in linux-next, thanks, it will go to Linus next week.

greg k-h
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