linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: avoid cpuidle link warning

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Date:   Fri,  4 Jun 2021 11:02:37 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Dave Gerlach <d-gerlach@...com>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...ogle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: avoid cpuidle link warning

On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:54:56 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Since commit 83109d5d5fba ("x86/build: Warn on orphan section placement"),
> we get a warning for objects in orphan sections. The cpuidle implementation
> for OMAP causes this when CONFIG_CPU_IDLE is disabled:
> 
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__cpuidle_method_of_table' from `arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.o' being placed in section `__cpuidle_method_of_table'
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__cpuidle_method_of_table' from `arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.o' being placed in section `__cpuidle_method_of_table'
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__cpuidle_method_of_table' from `arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.o' being placed in section `__cpuidle_method_of_table'
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next/orphans, thanks!

[1/1] ARM: cpuidle: Avoid orphan section warning
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/d94b93a91015

-- 
Kees Cook