linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.4 38/44] powerpc/smp: Section mismatch from smp_release_cpus to __initdata spinning

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Message-Id: <20140707235859.778543954@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Mon,  7 Jul 2014 17:07:28 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.4 38/44] powerpc/smp: Section mismatch from smp_release_cpus to __initdata spinning_secondaries

3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>

commit 8246aca7058f3f2c2ae503081777965cd8df7b90 upstream.

the smp_release_cpus is a normal funciton and called in normal environments,
  but it calls the __initdata spinning_secondaries.
  need modify spinning_secondaries to match smp_release_cpus.

the related warning:
  (the linker report boot_paca.33377, but it should be spinning_secondaries)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x23176): Section mismatch in reference from the function .smp_release_cpus() to the variable .init.data:boot_paca.33377
The function .smp_release_cpus() references
the variable __initdata boot_paca.33377.
This is often because .smp_release_cpus lacks a __initdata
annotation or the annotation of boot_paca.33377 is wrong.

WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x231fe): Section mismatch in reference from the function .smp_release_cpus() to the variable .init.data:boot_paca.33377
The function .smp_release_cpus() references
the variable __initdata boot_paca.33377.
This is often because .smp_release_cpus lacks a __initdata
annotation or the annotation of boot_paca.33377 is wrong.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 #endif

 int boot_cpuid = 0;
-int __initdata spinning_secondaries;
+int spinning_secondaries;
 u64 ppc64_pft_size;

 /* Pick defaults since we might want to patch instructions

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