linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the pm tree

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Message-ID: <2704837.jejCyCdvyd@aspire.rjw.lan>
Date:   Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:14:54 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the pm tree

On Friday, June 8, 2018 2:30:35 AM CEST Stephen Rothwell wrote:
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> Hi all,

Hi,

> After merging the pm tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> produced this warning:
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0xc5b83a): Section mismatch in reference from the =
> function __intel_pstate_cpu_init() to the variable .init.rodata:intel_pstat=
> e_hwp_boost_ids
> The function __intel_pstate_cpu_init() references
> the variable __initconst intel_pstate_hwp_boost_ids.
> This is often because __intel_pstate_cpu_init lacks a __initconst=20
> annotation or the annotation of intel_pstate_hwp_boost_ids is wrong.
> 
> Introduced by commit
> 
>   f50f70793d78 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: enable boost for Skylake Xeon")

Thanks for the report!

I've dropped the __initconst annotation from intel_pstate_hwp_boost_ids[].

Thanks,
Rafael