linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix section mismatches around hyp_cpu_pm

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Date:   Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:11:07 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Cc:     James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix section mismatches around
 hyp_cpu_pm_{init,exit}

On 2020-12-29 21:43, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Commit fa8c3d65538a ("KVM: arm64: Keep nVHE EL2 vector installed")
> inadvertently changed clang's inlining decisions around
> hyp_cpu_pm_{init,exit}, causing the following section mismatch 
> warnings:
> 
> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o(.text+0x95c6c): Section mismatch in
> reference from the function kvm_arch_init() to the function
> .init.text:hyp_cpu_pm_exit()
> The function kvm_arch_init() references
> the function __init hyp_cpu_pm_exit().
> This is often because kvm_arch_init lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of hyp_cpu_pm_exit is wrong.
> 
> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o(.text+0x97054): Section mismatch in
> reference from the function init_subsystems() to the function
> .init.text:hyp_cpu_pm_init()
> The function init_subsystems() references
> the function __init hyp_cpu_pm_init().
> This is often because init_subsystems lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of hyp_cpu_pm_init is wrong.
> 
> Remove the __init annotation so that there are no warnings regardless 
> of
> how functions are inlined.
> 
> Fixes: 1fcf7ce0c602 ("arm: kvm: implement CPU PM notifier")
> Fixes: 06a71a24bae5 ("arm64: KVM: unregister notifiers in hyp mode
> teardown path")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1230
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>

Hi Nathan,

Already posted[1] last week.

Thanks,

         M.

[1] htps://lore.kernel.org/r/20201223120854.255347-1-maz@...nel.org
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