linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: omap: omap_gpio_show_rev is not _

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:18:23 -0700
From:   Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@...nel.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: omap: omap_gpio_show_rev is not __init


On 9/16/2017 1:42 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The probe function calls omap_gpio_show_rev(), which on most
> compilers is inlined, but on the old gcc-4.6 is not, causing
> a valid warning about the incorrect __init annotation:
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x40f614): Section mismatch in reference from the function omap_gpio_probe() to the function .init.text:omap_gpio_show_rev()
> The function omap_gpio_probe() references
> the function __init omap_gpio_show_rev().
> This is often because omap_gpio_probe lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of omap_gpio_show_rev is wrong.
> 
> This removes the __init.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@...nel.org>