linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Introduce the initify gcc plugin

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Message-Id: <20170215012319.c7720609f415b2abf725e88f@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 01:23:19 +0100
From:   Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Introduce the initify gcc plugin

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:40:41 -0800
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> WARNING: drivers/clk/bcm/built-in.o(.text+0xec2): Section mismatch in
> reference from the function clk_gate() to the variable
> .init.rodata.str:__func__.29708
> The function clk_gate() references
> the variable __initconst __func__.29708.
> This is often because clk_gate lacks a __initconst
> annotation or the annotation of __func__.29708 is wrong.

Thanks for the report, it will be fixed in the next grsec patch.

-- 
Emese