linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: db8500-prcmu: Fix some section annotations

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20181025080330.GI4939@dell>
Date:   Thu, 25 Oct 2018 09:03:30 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: db8500-prcmu: Fix some section annotations

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018, Nathan Chancellor wrote:

> When building the kernel with Clang, the following section mismatch
> warnings appear:
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x7239cc): Section mismatch in reference from
> the function db8500_prcmu_probe() to the function
> .init.text:init_prcm_registers()
> The function db8500_prcmu_probe() references
> the function __init init_prcm_registers().
> This is often because db8500_prcmu_probe lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of init_prcm_registers is wrong.
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x723e28): Section mismatch in reference from
> the function db8500_prcmu_probe() to the function
> .init.text:fw_project_name()
> The function db8500_prcmu_probe() references
> the function __init fw_project_name().
> This is often because db8500_prcmu_probe lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of fw_project_name is wrong.
> 
> db8500_prcmu_probe should not be marked as __init so remove the __init
> annotation from fw_project_name and init_prcm_registers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/db8500-prcmu.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Applied for v4.21, thanks.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
Linaro Services Technical Lead
Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs
Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog