linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] omap: hwmod: fix section mismatch warnings

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Message-ID: <20170918165204.GX5024@atomide.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:52:04 -0700
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Benoît Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul@...an.com>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] omap: hwmod: fix section mismatch warnings

* Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> [170915 12:46]:
> Older compilers choose not to inline _setup_clkctrl_provider(),
> leading to a harmless warning:
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x27b34): Section mismatch in reference from the function _setup_clkctrl_provider() to the function .init.text:memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid()
> The function _setup_clkctrl_provider() references
> the function __init memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid().
> This is often because _setup_clkctrl_provider lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid is wrong.
> 
> This annotates it as __init as well, which lets the linker
> see that it is actually correct.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>