linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/mm: fix section mismatch for setup

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Date:   Mon,  6 May 2019 23:54:09 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/mm: fix section mismatch for setup_kup()

On Mon, 2019-05-06 at 08:10:43 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> commit b28c97505eb1 ("powerpc/64: Setup KUP on secondary CPUs")
> moved setup_kup() out of the __init section. As stated in that commit,
> "this is only for 64-bit". But this function is also used on PPC32,
> where the two functions called by setup_kup() are in the __init
> section, so setup_kup() has to either be kept in the __init
> section on PPC32 or marked __ref.
> 
> This patch marks it __ref, it fixes the below build warnings.
> 
>   MODPOST vmlinux.o
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x169ec): Section mismatch in reference from the function setup_kup() to the function .init.text:setup_kuep()
> The function setup_kup() references
> the function __init setup_kuep().
> This is often because setup_kup lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of setup_kuep is wrong.
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x16a04): Section mismatch in reference from the function setup_kup() to the function .init.text:setup_kuap()
> The function setup_kup() references
> the function __init setup_kuap().
> This is often because setup_kup lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of setup_kuap is wrong.
> 
> Fixes: b28c97505eb1 ("powerpc/64: Setup KUP on secondary CPUs")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/67d53f30e23ec66aa7bbdd1592d5e64d

cheers