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Message-ID: <20120917110729.GA1018@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:07:29 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: section mismatch for acpi_unmap_lsapic()


* Jerry Snitselaar <dev@...tselaar.org> wrote:

> Commit 13ad20c1 "x86 cpu_hotplug: unmap cpu2node when the cpu is
> hotremoved" in linux-next added code to acpi_unmap_lsapic() that
> causes section mismatch warnings:
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x694f2): Section mismatch in reference from the function acpi_unmap_lsapic()
> 	  to the function .cpuinit.text:numa_clear_node()
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x694eb): Section mismatch in reference from the function acpi_unmap_lsapic() 
> 	  to the variable .cpuinit.data:__apicid_to_node
> 
> 
> Does acpi_unmap_lsapic() need a wrapper like the one that was made for
> acpi_map_lsapic() or can it just be annotated __ref ? I guess my
> question is would be there be a reason that the wrapper was created
> for acpi_map_lsapic() instead of just annotating __ref besides
> allowing the code for _apic_map_lsapic() to be dropped when
> HOTPLUG_CPU wasn't configured?

That commit comes from -mm AFAICS. Involved parties Cc:-ed.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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